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The skinned soldier is hopelessly outnumbered when it comes to firepower. Regardless, what limited suppressing fire a single person can spit out is enough to give the others a chance to move. The red-skinned demon charges forward rather recklessly, not caring about the incoming hail of gunfire, while your other employees (smartly) hide behind nearby walls.

With a quick jab, one of the soldiers gets sent flying back into the horde, knocking some of them over. "YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME? I FOUGHT IN FUCKING VIETNAM, YOU BASTARDS!" Another quick jab knocks over another soldier and nearly knocks his arm clean off, but with a bit of pressure, it sticks right back on. The soldiers focus their fire on the anomaly, causing him to go on the defensive.

The Ranger carefully pokes her head around the corner, trying to avoid being shot at. She manages to locate one of the closer soldiers and before you even hear the gun go off, she's already putting it back in her holster. The soldier falls down as the gun collapses back into meat. "MAN DOWN!"

She goes back into cover, looking at her now worthless paperweight of a weapon. Taking a deep breath, she gestures at Delta to move in now. At least she would if the man wasn't already charging rabidly at the horde, holding his riot club in his mouth. He smashes his stun baton (long since out of juice) against a soldier's head, knocking him down. Another one charges, pointing his rifle at the ETF agent.

He tosses the spent stun baton at the enemy. While it's distracted trying to dodge it, he pulls out his riot club and crashes it down on the man's arm. A sickly CRACK rings out as the man drops his gun and retreats. Before Delta could attack any more, he has to duck behind RBA for cover.

https://youtu.be/4euUJN-QC2k

Isabelle gestures at the untrained employees to follow behind her. Not knowing what better to do, they do so. The knight is shining armor slowly walks forward, making sure her body protects the other employees. All of the horde focuses on Isabelle as a hellish barrage of bullets is fired her way. Religious nutters or not, N-Company makes some high quality armor, as most of the (on closer examination) meaty bullets bounce off.

A few shots manage to make her stumble back and with a carefully swerve of her head, a formerly deadly shot merely grazed off her helmet. You're not sure how many more of those she can take, though.

Once she gets close enough to RBA, she gestures at the three to hide behind the meatwall. They comply, not wanting to be shot dead like a dog in the middle of District Gamma. The horde keeps trying to gun Isabelle down, and if she stood around a bit more, her armor might not have held. But then, she moved to strike.

She swung her sword at the nearest soldier with ease, as if it barely weighed aside, cutting his gun clearly in half. Before she can move onto the next one, she and the other horde soldiers dogpile onto Isabelle...
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Then you see Isabelle's fist punching through a soldier.

"OFF!" Despite being outnumbered 6 to 1 in the dogpile, she easily manages to burst out of it. With sword in hand, she smacks any of the soldiers who try getting up with the blunt side of the sword. One managed to grab a hold of the sword but gets quickly thrown off of it through some drug-fueled strength, knocking another in the process.

While Isabelle is dealing with the pile of soldiers trying to get up, Felix puts a loose cigarette in his mouth. With a flick of his wrist, a small flame erupts from a hole in his thumb and lights it. "Alright. Just like old times. Hopefully I don't need to be saved."

He casually walks out from behind the anomaly, not even bothering to duck or hide from the incoming hail of meaty bullets. They pierce his unarmored skin with ease but the coat is already patching him back up. One of the soldiers firing upon him freaks out and runs away, not wanting to deal with this.

"DAMNIT! HOLD THE LINE! THEY CAN'T FIGHT FOREVER!" A skinned soldier draped in a general officer's outfit yells out, holding a pretty meaty (ha) shotgun. While he's distracted, Felix walks up to one of the nearby soldiers and stabs him deep in the gut, with the ease of stabbing a hot knife in butter.

The officer aims to fire but Felix quickly ducks underneath the blast, only getting some blonde hair blown off. He quickly stabs another soldier (who was about to fire on him) in the knee before retreating. "DAMNIT! GET HIM! GET THAT SON OF A BITCH!" All Felix can do is sigh. "You joined this company, you could've stayed at H-Company." He mutters to himself.

D-W01FY quickly dashes over to the pile of soldiers Isabelle is dealing with and stabs wildly into it, trying to keep them down. Isabelle has to make sure he doesn't actually kill any of them, if only because of your order. But with his help, those six aren't getting up any time soon.

And lastly, Employee N. He pulls out an empty glass bottle and tosses it out before moving. While they're focused on shooting the bottle, he manages to crack the skull of another soldier before needing to rush back into cover. He's not nearly as agile as the younger, more well-trained employees, yet that strike was clearly practiced.

Now, out of the thirty soldiers there once were, only about fifteen are still in combat fighting condition. Half of those are starting to look pretty worried, especially after the weird broadcast they heard. Your black tongue slithers back into your mouth.

A skinned man dressed moreso like an advisor than a soldier speaks to the officer.

"Sir, I think we should retreat. We have fifteen soldiers down and only minor to moderate injuries on them."
"RETREATING IS FOR FUCKING COWARDS! WE WILL FIGHT UNTIL WE DIE!"

Even he's starting to look tired. So is most of your trained staff, whether from moving around in heavy armor or the drugs wearing off.
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Monifa manages to step in. You nearly forgot her, actually, though it's easy when there's so much chaotic fighting going on. Without even batting an eye, she steps closer to the 15 or so soldiers still standing around. She blocks any incoming fire with her robotic first.

"KILL HER! KILL HER!"
"Wait. She stinks of the implant. Isn't she the HoS?
"THE HOS WAS A MAN, NOT A WOMAN."

One of the soldiers manages to get up from underneath the constant assault from D-W01FY, right into Monifa's open hand. She holds him up as a meat shield, making the other soldiers relucent to fire.

"SHOOT HER! A SOLDIER LIKE HIM WAS MEANT TO DIE IN BA-"

And she tosses the soldier full force at the officer, knocking him over. Before he can stumble up for a counter attack, she cracks the skull of another soldier with her ROD, knocking it out.

"Well, the previous HoS was a dead skeleton on the floor. So we have to make due now." She quickly goes back into cover, after smashing her rod against a knocked over soldier trying to get up.

Successes: 3+ on d4s, +4s on d6s and d8s, 5+ on d10s. Rangers roll an extra dice when they roll a 6 (ability doesn't proc on extra dice)

Ranger Zero: 6d6 (+2 from Traits, can add +1 to two of her rolls. Due to the club being a firearm, any 5s she turns into 6s count for her sharpshooter ability)
Delta: 7d8 (+1 from Bloodthirsty, +2 from Weapons)
Isabelle: 8d8 (+2 from Militant, +3 from Weapons, -1 from Armor)
RBA: 7d10 (Bloodtrance has activated. 8, 9, and 10 count as two successes. 1 and 2 count as -1 success.)
Monifa: 7d6 (+2 from Traits, +1 from ROD, can reroll all 1s and 2s once per combat encounter)
Employee F: 7d4 (+1 from Knife, +1 from Detached, +1 from ???, +1 from Training Room, can reroll all dice once per encounter)
Employee N: 6d4 (+1 from Seen It All, +1 from ???, +1 from Stun Baton)
D-W01FY: 5d4 (+2 from Boosted, may add two +1s to his dice rolls, not as loyal as your other employees)

How to deal with the stragglers?

>Finish them off. It should be easy at this rate. Kill them like the dogs they are. (DC: 34 successes. Success will eliminate the Horde as a threat, Failure may lead to one last charge that will kill another employee.)
>They're already demoralized and exhausted. Keep fighting them until they drop from exhaustion. You'll deal with the aftermath later. (DC: 32 successes. Success will knock out the horde, failure will more likely wipe out your employees than anything)
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Tell them to just surrender. They lost. Most of your guys are fine, they're half dead. (DC: 16, Bo3. The officer will try his best to fight regardless of success or failure, though the rest will surrender on a success.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Fuck it, they seem to be stuck in the past. Try using that Zeta name you kept hearing about. (DC: 14, Bo3. May spark a reaction out of some of your staff. The horde may listen to you on a success, failure is uncertain)
>Write In

Technically made it before two days had past by an hour. Ain't I clever?

After this, we'll go back to the regular grind of work orders (trademarked by no company, they're not that petty. yet.)

>>5077207
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Tell them to just surrender. They lost. Most of your guys are fine, they're half dead. (DC: 16, Bo3. The officer will try his best to fight regardless of success or failure, though the rest will surrender on a success.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Fuck it, they seem to be stuck in the past. Try using that Zeta name you kept hearing about. (DC: 14, Bo3. May spark a reaction out of some of your staff. The horde may listen to you on a success, failure is uncertain)
Try both before
>They're already demoralized and exhausted. Keep fighting them until they drop from exhaustion. You'll deal with the aftermath later. (DC: 32 successes. Success will knock out the horde, failure will more likely wipe out your employees than anything)

Like I said before, I don't want any of them to die.

>>5077207
Oh yea, just in case
>Send another security team down, with Beta, L, Z, and D-5UH4, just in case. Have E and S on standby to treat the wounded.

Might as well hedge our bets. They may not get there this round, but next round should be fine.

Back in action, baby. Here we go.
I must say, Isabelle was absolutely 10/10 Kino here. Solemnly leading the charge, protecting those behind her--fuck yeah, man.
Teamwork.

>>5077217
I'll +1 this, though we should appeal as Zeta before we do HOPELESS WRECK. Otherwise we'll sound too desperate.

>>5077217
>>5077266
+1, Zeta before HOPELESS WRECK

>>5077217
+1
but bound by duty before hopeless wreck

>>5077207
>Bloodtrance has activated. 8, 9, and 10 count as two successes. 1 and 2 count as -1 success.
So, uh, are we going to need to snap him out of it or...?
Also, vote soon?

>>5078535
Let's just say he's getting really into the whole fighting thing. He was a soldier once.

Also yeah, voting's done. Just wanted to wait a bit longer since it was a new thread with a different OP picture.

First, DC 14 Bo3 for Bound by Duty.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5078541
Hell ya, brother!

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5078541
rollan

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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5078541
Yeah, we're back, baby.

Sorry for the delay, got caught up in something. You succeeded, and you'll see the reaction soon.

Due to this, let's say the DC for the surrender is now a 13. Roll Bo3.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5078673
HELL YEA BROTHERS!

>>5078673
this motherfucker here >>5078681 rolled a straight nat 20, should we even bother to roll two more dice?

>>5078681
>>5078698
For posterity? Who knows, maybe you'll roll another and I'll piss myself.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5078681
MY NIBBA

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5078701
>>5078673
rollan

>>5078711
>>5078705
DISHONOR

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>>5078673
WE'RE REALLY BACK, BABY.

seems as if the only thing we needed to do was job a little

>>5079203
There ain't success without a little bit of jobbing. Have to admit that was exciting.

>>5077207
Welcome back!
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Tell them to just surrender. They lost. Most of your guys are fine, they're half dead. (DC: 16, Bo3. The officer will try his best to fight regardless of success or failure, though the rest will surrender on a success.)
No [DUTY], for the same reasons as previous.


weird sidenote: the "Coffee Addiction" archive tag, despite looking the same, is apparently slightly different between thread 1 & 2. If you try to use the tag on thread 1, 2 doesn't show up, but using 2's brings both up.
Just something to be aware of.

>>5079497
Late for the vote, but not too late to roll.
Speaking of, combat rolls now?

>>5079569
I should've said something but you don't need to roll for combat. That nat 20 for the surrender check uh.

It's a nat 20. I don't like going "WOAH MOMMA CRITS ARE FUNNY" but it's the first nat 20 you guys have gotten. Writing the update as we speak.

>>5079497
Fuck if I know. Seems like it adds a %20 at the end, so it's technically two different urls. All I could think of is that I might've accidently added a space or something

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>Use the Zeta name: Success
>Tell them to surrender: Critical Success

You're tired of this, your employees are far more tired, and you're pretty sure the anomaly is going to do something drastic if this goes on.. You tap your microphone after moistening your mouth with yet more coffee (seems like your tongue is back to normal) The resulting feedback gets the attention of both horde and taskforce.

"Look. Horde of...do you even have a name? You kept screaming war chants. Anyways, this is Zeta. I'm not sure if that means anything from you but I used to work for this facility. Still do, I guess, with this Admin gig. I have been explicitly ordering these people to not kill any of you because-" You pause for a moment. You're not used to making long speeches still.

"This was a mistake. This was never supposed to happen. Whoever the fuck did this, I don't know and I don't care, but this isn't a mistake I want any more people killed over. You guys probably killed dozens of people on this floor already. For one day in this Father damned City, can you just lay down your arms? I'm trying my best to avoid hurting anyone."

"If you don't accept this offer, I'll stop being so merciful. It's one thing to turn the other cheek one time. It's another to let anyone die over this." You sigh, running out of things to say. "Please. I already have enough on my conscience."

N, W01FY, Isabelle and the anomaly don't react at all to the Zeta name, but the others do. Felix's deadpan face cracks as he can barely hold his laughter, whether out of how long it took for you to remember that or you being wrong. Hard to tell. Delta has a look of utter confusion spread across his face, though clearly recognizing it. Monifa and Zero both look...worried? They're clearly not happy hearing that name for whatever reason.

The officer points his rifle at the nearby speaker. "BULLSHIT! WE'RE NOT GOING TO SURRENDER! THIS FACILITY IS OURS TO PROTECT! YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS! YOU HAVE TO BE LYING!" The other soldiers, including the Advisor and the Rogue Soldier, slowly start backing down the hallway.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? WE CAN STILL WIN! IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT ANOMALY, WE WOULD'VE KILLED THEM!"
"Sir. Remember what our training said? Only sacrifice lives if it is necessary. This isn't necessary."
"W-we should listen to him! He's the new boss, after all! The sarg listens to the boss too!/blue]
"WHEN THE SERGANT IS OUT OF COMMISION, I AM THE ONE WH-"
"We're not fighting a hopeless battle. We're going.

And without further discussion, the remaining horde retreats down the hallway. The only one left standing to fight is the Officer. He aims his gun at the eight remaining fighters, a thin liquid pouring down his face. "BACK! BACK!"

Before he could even fire upon someone, the red skinned demon looms over the Officer. It doesn't take much for him to lose his cool and run after the retreating horde.

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It doesn't take long for the exhaustion of the battle to hit the others. Red Blooded American falls face first on the floor, peppered with dozens upon dozens of holes coating every inch of his body. Gore seeps from them, akin to pus pouring from an infected wound. The first wave (R0, I, δ) step back and take a breather too. Turns out, running around in heavy armor (I) or charging like a wild best (δ) burns you out.

Monifa goes to teat the wounded, starting with Isabelle (after removing her armor, her body is covered in dozens of stinging welts and bruises) while Felix drags the D-Class back to the elevator before he could get any ideas. Meanwhile, the janitor looks upon all of the vicersa and gore coating the floor. All he can manage to get out is a weary sigh before he goes to clean it up by himself. You should probably have someone help him.

>[HOPELESSLY DUTY BOUND] You'll do your best to avoid unnecessary deaths, if only out of spite for the world.
>Third Floor Threat: Resolved. You may now begin exploring the floor in more detail. However, RBA needs to be recontained as well unless you want him laying about.
>At least three employees are needed to escort the weakened anomaly, though extra security can't hurt. Up to five employees can explore the Third Floor

"Good job, sir! I...don't know what that thing with your tongue was about but it worked." S-4M buzzes. "I take it that I can go analyze that one anomaly you wanted me to look at?" You nod your head. S-4M's face disappears from the screen, leaving you with just C-0RA. She's been oddly silent during this whole ordeal. You spin your chair to look at her.

She's madly doodling and scratching something on a sheet of paper. When she notices that you're staring right at her, she quickly hides the paper behind her back. "SIR! what seems to BOTHER AND UPSET THE GREAT person who wants to COMMAND PEOPLE LIKE THE CONDOM he is?" If you didn't know any better, you thought she was sweating. Her smile yet grows wider and wider, cracks spreading across her face.

"...What are you doing?" is all you can say. In response, a mix of grinding gears and hissing steam erupts from the assistant. "NOTHING NOTHING NOTHIGN DO NOT SCRAP ME DO NOT SCRAP ME DO NOT SC-"

"Father above, fuck, okay!" You raise your hands up in a feeble attempt to stop her. Eventually, after you give her a few minutes, she stops making all of that horrid racket. "nothing nothing MY WONDERFUL COFFEE HUSK with a TONGUE OF EROT- ER, HORRIFYING PROPERTIES!" She turns around and goes back to doodling. You shiver to think about what she could be doodling now.

That felt WAY longer than half an hour. Almost felt like two weeks went by. Though you don't really even know what day it is half the time, it's just "Shifts" to you. Weird.

(Forgot my trip, fug. Anyways, anomaly work notes next post and then we're back to business)

The Work Order for Red Blooded American is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +4/???
Employee Morale: Hungry --> Satisfied
Current Anomaly Mood: Uneasy --> Tired
Employee Trait Revealed
Employee L - Instinctual (Stamina+, Force+, Nurture+, Appease+, Observe--, WP-)
Working Notes - L
-Separated the anomaly blood and human blood, just in case.

Extracted
-5 buckets, 3 filled with anomaly blood+gore, 2 filled with human

The Work Order for Sirocco is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +2/???
Employee Morale: Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: Amused
Employee Trait Revealed:
Employee S - In Control (Extraction+, Appease+, Subdue+)
Working Notes - S
-It's easy to win when you pick the hardest words to guess.
-I don't think it's going to run out of sand as long as you feed it.

Extracted
-2 vials of sand, one half filled vial

The Work Order for A Reminder of a Horrid Era is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +14/???
ICP Count: +4
Employee Morale: Pious
Current Anomaly Mood: Ascended
Employee Trait Revealed
Employee U - Enlightened (All Interaction Results+)
Working Notes - U
-Seeing that even he can be redeemed is inspiring. Thank you for letting me see this.
-There may be a hope for a better future after all.

Working Notes - A Hope for a Brighter Future
-Let's try this again. For real this time.

The Work Order for The Art of Flesh is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +12/???
Employee Morale: Stressed
Current Anomaly Mood: Agitated --> Calm
Employee Trait Revealed
Employee W - Unsteady (WP-, Panic Risk+, Energy Collection+)
Working Notes - W
-don't make me do that again please please
-he was really happy with that meat you gave him. energy skyrocketed. reminds him of his fancy restaurant.

The Work Order for Fortune for a Price is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +2/???
Employee Morale: Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Kor - Former Heartripper (Extraction+, Appease++, knowledge on fashion trends and anatomy)
Employee O2 - Hyperfocus (Completed work order++, WP+, unable to perform other works until next shift)
Working Notes - Kor
-Weird how it knew I was a heartripper. Not much else to say.

Working Notes - O2
-Hey! You can't blame a guy for getting lonely!
-I wonder how this thing works. Though I think cracking it open is a bad idea.

The Work Order for Chattering Lack of Common Sense is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +4/???
Employee Morale: Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Employee S2 - HONEST SALESMAN (Nurture+, Bond+, Energy Collection+)
Employee B2 - malescream1.ogg (Presence++, Subdue+, Max Morale-, used to suffering)
Working Notes - S2
-SEE? I'M A [[Valuable Asset]]! I MAKE THE BEST DEALS!
-SLASHERS? DON'T TRUST A NEON SMILE! [[Radon Headphones]] ESPECIALLY!

Working Notes - B2
-can't talk to tv but can talk to the tv people. they're fake. don't trust them.
-i miss the honkmother. i want to see her again.

Hour 4, Shift 6
QUOTA: 0/26 C-Extract Refined
A-Energy: 99 units, 0/hour
ICP-Energy: 6 units
C-Extract: 0

SPONSORSHIPS:
>A-Company: Film two fights with different employees. Completed!
>D-Company: Star of the Century is currently out of the facility. Make do without.
>X-Company: Make sure every employee works this shift.
>Mr. Churchland: Don't let Mr. Miller die. Current condition: Almost Healed

INTERACTIONS [1 Hour Each]:

LIVING
>Anomalies: A Hope for a Brighter Future, Red Blooded American, Sirocco
>Assign Employee (What work type? Any specific instructions? To which anomaly? etc etc)

INANIMATE
>Anomalies: Fortune for a Price, The Art of Flesh, Chattering Lack of Common Sense
>Assign Employee (Same as Living)

MISC
>Facility: REFINEMENT ROOM, Explore the Third Floor (with who? M, N, I, and Delta are still on the floor), Recontain RBA (With who? Three minimum to escort him back), Unleash the Beast (6 A-Energy to activate)
>S-4M: Anomaly Analyzation (Analyzing Chattering Lack of Common Sense. One hour left.), Control Spike (what do?)
>C-ORA: Search Protocol (What do you want to find?)
>Assign Employee (To do what? Any specific instructions?)

EQUIPMENT
Weapons:
>Riot Clubs and Combat Knives (Assigned to ETF, grants +1 FORCE dice and a reroll per encounter)
>ROD OF OBEDIENCE (+1 FORCE dice, Subdue++. Assigned to Monifa)
>Surplus Knife and Surplus Club (May add +1 to two FORCE dice. Club and Knife assigned to J)
>BLESSED BLADE (+2 FORCE dice, deals Stamina damage to non-religious employees who attempt to wield it. Unassigned.)
>Stun Baton (+1 FORCE dice, weakens an opponent on a success. Assigned to F and I.)

Armor:
>ARMOR OF THE FATHER (Physical Protection++, may block some attacks, FORCE-, unassigned.)
>Stab Resistant Vest (Physical Protection+, assigned back to F, I, and J.)
>Weather Resistant Protective Gear (resists sand, rain, and mild heat. Assigned to whoever works on Sirocco)
>Gas Masks (Protects against gas based attacks. Current count: 4. Unassigned)

PARADIGMs
>AWAKE FROM YOUR NIGHTMARE (Assigned to Employee I)
POWERFUL (Regenerates equipper morale rapidly but lowers morale of nearby employees)
INTIMIDATING (Presence++, Force+, Anger Risk+)
? (!)
>OLD WORLD BLUES (Assigned to Mr. Miller)
COMFORTING (Stamina+, regenerates Stamina, Willpower and Work Ethic-)
SILENT (Presence--, hard to detect on your cameras?)
??? (???)
>God Wills It Thus (Unassigned. An ancient, tattered leather bound book)
??? (???)

CONSOLE COMMANDS
>View cameras in which rooms? (Write in)
>Broadcast an announcement over the intercom system (Write in)
>Manage Employee roster and Departments. (Write In)
>Edit anomaly dossiers and logs (Write in)
>Message an Employee PDA. (Write in)
>Call an Employee in (Who?)
>Leave the office.
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)

>>5080043
>And without further discussion, the remaining horde retreats down the hallway.
We're gonna have to deal with that lot sooner or later. Did the lone voice go back with them?

>However, RBA needs to be recontained as well unless you want him laying about.
I admit, I'm a little tempted to let him roam the third floor, as awful of an idea as it is.

>"NOTHING NOTHING NOTHIGN DO NOT SCRAP ME DO NOT SCRAP ME DO NOT SC-"
...we really should figure out what she's doing "behind our back".
Actually, it might be a good idea to kick her out of the office for a while, let the employees deal with her for a bit.

>-5 buckets, 3 filled with anomaly blood+gore, 2 filled with human
I've no idea what to do with the human blood, aside from seeing if Flesh wants it; I suspect he won't, considering it was literally scraped of the walls.

>Working Notes - A Hope for a Brighter Future
We're going to have to establish a while new baseline with him.

And we're back in business. I'll (finally) update the main pastebin and employee listing. Will probably move the PARADIGMs and their effects to another pastebin as well.

To clear up a few things

>What's up with L's, Red Blooded and Art's morale?
It's the total change that happened from the shift, not just the work order. Art's morale improved after you guys did that little feast with him, for instance.

>Max Morale-?
Essentially, his morale cap is lower than other employees, so there's less leeway with his morale if it lowers.

>>5080157
The lone soldier did follow after that. Currently, you have no idea where they're at due to camera gunk, but they probably haven't phased out of the facility and into the void where I'm in.

>>5080043
Hopefully we can actually begin proper communications with the 3rd Floor Remnants. Even in the event that we can't restore them to normal, a squad of minor biokinetics should be worth keeping around. (Hey, maybe Brighter Future can do something here.)
Guess RBA got the good fight he's been looking for, huh? I don't mind spending some stuff to heal him up faster, he's been fairly cooperative all things considered and did well to tank for us. See if we can't get any extra pesudo-Extraction work done on him while he's healing, too. Efficiency!
Our nuggets did damn good work.
Regarding cleaning, since Appease is tuned to "improving living conditions," I think high-Appease employees would be best suited to helping out our boy N. Extraction may also prove interesting.
The Cleanup Crew... N, L, and W01. Maybe Gamma. Two spring chickens that delight in gore and someone to help reign them in for N.
The Exploration Crew... we can save that for once they've all recovered, but we'll definitely want at least 2 combatants around in case we stumble upon the meatboys again. Hopefully they'll listen to M since they can sense she's the new HoS. K can act as their guide, I guess.
We'll also want someone Observant to look for goodies--or Lucky! Let's hope W doesn't have a panic attack. Can someone check her lucky numbers from last thread?
Last on the bucket list, what are we going to do with the meatball "Sarge"? I'm assuming he's still knocked out and with us. Toss him in containment for questioning? Honestly, I'm not hopeful, but maybe we can ask some of the more reasonable Remnants to act as an intermediary.

Now onto the character details. F... well, at least he doesn't seem against the reveal? Wonder why M and Zero are worried, though. I know M's husband used to work here, but Zero? Were we mildly (in)famous or something? And Delta, too. Something to think about.

>>5080138
Boy, I'm going to need to reread the last thread. I don't even remember what we did then.

>>5080159
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/5023776/

The archive is fucking up hard but I think accessing links directly is still working fine.

Alright. Relevant deets from last hour (haven't had time to reread full thread, sadly).
B is looking for a map of the 3rd Floor for us.
The 3rd Floor storage room has an unused mechanical arm. C is finally getting her arm replaced! Maybe she'll mellow out now.
T and Q are lesbian for each other.
Tomorrow will have some Neon Slasher Invader attacking the first floor, Sector Alpha-1.
>Please look out for any of the following: Neon signs, bright lights, carapace, salt in the air.

>>5080157
>...we really should figure out what she's doing "behind our back".
She's drawing us in a frilly skirt and was writing slashfic erotica featuring AdminxS4M.
I take full responsibility.

Anyways, we've got like 3 suits that can be adjusted sitting in storage from a previous sponsorship. I'm thinking Isabelle deserves one, if she's interested. That really was some damn fine work. Curious what she got out of her All Successes, QM did say it was worth something.

>>5080151
>D and Y get their Fortune
>Q and T for Sense, Observe, see if you can figure out its properties.
>B and V, Bond Art (just to make sure it counts as V working)
>C to Future, Bond
>G2 and Delta to Bond with American, after a security team of L, Z, and Delta recontains RBA
>Null, Sirocco, Bond
>Androids are to find a holding cell and recontain the meat ball, under the direction of M; K and F should know where some were.
>E and S, see to the injured, including the meatmen.
>M (after the meatball has been recontained), Zero, Beta, F, K, explore the floor. They are not to provoke or fight with the meatmen, and to keep good relations with them if possible.

And that should be it for X-Company's sponsorship.

>>5080151
Back in the saddle! It's been a while since we did this.
I'm a little fuzzy on employee states. If some of them aren't available or wounded or something, we can shuffle things around.

LIVING:
>Future: G2 to Bond
He seems to be in a good headspace now, but it doesn't hurt to get a professional opinion. While he's there, it would also be good to see what Future wants in particular, going forward.
>RBA: Null, Gamma, X, J, T for escort/carrying duty to get RBA back to his cell. Don't be too rough with him, he did good work.
See MISC before starting this.
>Siroco: That D-C that got turned into a heart to Bond
Mostly because I want to assign it to something more than anything.

INANIMATE:
>Fortune: Z ask a question of your choice
I don't think Z's done this yet.
>Flesh: D to appease
He's likely still in the wind-down from cooking. Might as well try and tidy up after all that cooking.
>Sense: H to Bond
Talk to whoever shows up on screen. Ask if it has anything it wants.

MISC:
>Before moving RBA, make an announcement to clear the route back to his cell.
Don't need folk panicking and fainting again.
>Third Floor Explore: A, R, O, W, C-0RA
Make sure they make at least a token effort to figure out where the skinned soldiers went.
>anyone unassigned can be called upon to get the wounded to the medbay as needed.
>Once everyone is accounted for, get general medical status from E or S.
>luck of the draw! Any otherwise unoccupied employees can be drafted to help N in cleaning the 3rd floor

I'm sure there will be more MISC, but that's good enough for now.

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>>5080178
>>5080187
Also
>Experiment with the old pendant from O Company
>Have Cora find our [REDACTED]
>Look over K's porn mags, see what we're dealing with here, then hand them over to K in person.
>Give the cat some coffee

>>5080178
>not AdminxCora slashfic erotica

Weak. Hopefully she isn't a haremfag.

One suit for us, one for E, one for Isabelle (those 9 successes clinched it for me).

>>5080151
>>5080188
more MISC:
>Spin up Spike, have him and any unassigned androids go contain the Ball of Flesh
>prioritize Explore team in looking for containment cells
If they can't find one we can fix up soonish, we'll have to drag the Ball all the way up to Star's cell, which would be messy at best.

>>5080188
Really, the only major things to note involving Employee states is that D-C45P, D-W23N, and D-C453Y are recovering from the beatings that they endured and that after Reminder got decommissioned, A's halo turned silver.

The rest of the important details involving employees can be seen in the work notes this thread and the tail end of the last one. Most of your employees are in a generally better mood due to Art of Flesh's meal time.

>>5080178
>Curious what she got out of her All Successes, QM did say it was worth something.
Before you can decide which path you should go through this shift hour, you notice a small blip on your Automated Physiological Sensors. You've learned to tune it out for the most part unless something really good or really bad happened.

After checking the others, with the general default seems to be at Pleased rather than Neutral (aside from most of the D-Class, Delta, Zero, and W), you notice the one that got your attention. Well, you would say one. There's two.

Isabelle: Confident --> Proud to Serve (Morale will not lower until next shift and will occasionally increase the morale of other employees)
Gary: ??? --> Proud of Her (REDIRECT ERROR)

You blink, then rub your eyes, then blink again. Huh. That's the second time something like that involving Employee G messed with your systems. You're not sure if that's a good sign, a bad sign, or just a bizarre sign.

>>5080151
>>5080187
Amendment
>D and Y, Fortune, get their fortune/horoscope and find out what God Wills It Thus does
>U, examine and experiment God Wills It Thus

I can't believe I forgot about this.

>>5080151
MISC
>Assign M, Delta, and T to get RBA and anyone else who needs it off to the medbay. Even with RBA's natural regeneration, he should appreciate some help.
>"Beers for the assault party. Drink responsibly, we're still on the clock."
>Announcement to 3rd Floor: "As a show of goodwill, I'm willing to have your most injured receive treatment. And before you say something stupid like 'it's a trap! He'll kill them when they're alone and in enemy territory,' I will point out that I did NOT go to all that effort to keep things nonlethal just for you to fucking die on me. You're still P-Corp."
>Assign Z, Gamma and D-5UH4 to contain the Meatball in one of the cells.
>Assign O and P to go calm down W. This can only end well.
>Assign U to experiment with God Wills It Thus.
>Tell N he doesn't need to clean the 3rd Floor right now. "Go take a break, I'll get you some extra hands later."

I'd like to put off properly exploring the 3rd Floor until the 6th Hour to maximize W's Great Luck. Lucky numbers are 3, 6, 11 and relevant employees are C, F, and K.

LIVING
>Assign A to Bond with Future. Have someone give Arthur a rundown of what's happened so far afterwards.
>Assign V to Nurture RBA. Give him a hot meal. Delta to guard V, though it's probably not necessary.
>Assign Null to Bond with Sirocco. Tell her about some of your experiences with the other Misfits you came here with.

INANIMATE
>Assign D and Y to Appease Fortune. D, get a Horoscope. Y, ask about God Wills It Thus. Remember to be courteous to it.
>Assign D-W01 and D-C45 to Bond with Art of Flesh. Talk to him about… art.
>Assign H to Appease Sense. Ask if there's anything it wants.
I know Sense isn't sentient like Fortune, but worth a shot.

>>5080226
>I'd like to put off properly exploring the 3rd Floor until the 6th Hour to maximize W's Great Luck. Lucky numbers are 3, 6, 11 and relevant employees are C, F, and K.

Done. I say we should end the shift immediately after that though, and have Sirocco play with Roxy for a bit longer than the 'shift', but not by much.

>>5080151
>>5080187
Addendum
>Disregard exploration order. We'll wait for the sixth hour.
>In addition, ask Fortune who needs to be assigned where to complete our X-Company Sponsorship
>Call in C for an interview. We gotta find out what she was thinking when she was fucking around with Spike.

>>5080178
It's not all your fault, I suggested the s4m/admin ship in the first place

>>5080158
>>5080216
What happened to the big meatball thing? Was that the Sarge?

>>5080187
>>5080196
>>5080219
>>5080235
Set 1

>>5080188
>>5080199
Set 2

>>5080226
Set 3

Please examine these and try to explain your rationale for which person to which anomaly? Clearing up misunderstandings and giving context can help. Getting the misc shit squared away clearly is good.

>>5080486
Set 3 here, I'll try to explain my reasoning.
For MISC, I want to get our most tired fighters back in working order ASAP. RBA is conked out so he won't be able to do any serious Orders like Brawling or whatever until he gets healed. It's also an opportunity to better our relationship with him; giving him basic medical treatment, even if it's not 100% necessary, is a lot kinder than just dumping him back in his cell. I'm hoping this opens up steps towards one of his Paradigms.
Regarding the Meatball, it's a pretty big hunk of meat for regular guys to lift and we haven't been able to study 5UH4 in detail yet. Now's a fairly low-risk opportunity to see her in action. Z and her are stronk. Gamma to keep them in line.
W is stressed as fuck, so maybe O and P can distract her. I'm willing to swap this out for K on account of her Horoscope, but I was thinking that strictly in terms of morale, her fellow bots might be better for her.
I'm willing to let N take a break until the 6th Hour, when we begin exploring the 3rd Floor (again, lucky numbers for W). I want to prioritize getting to the Storage Room on account of the goodies there.

Regarding Living, I really just want to see what kind of relationship A and Future will have. It's also just… narratively appropriate, you know? I think the term is "bookends." We still have time to go through the other Employees for the X-Corp Sponsorship.
V is just a continuation of the above, bettering our relationship with RBA.
Null and Sirocco are an opportunity to learn about the Misfits. Plus someone else voted for it.

Regarding Inanimate, D and Y are on the "still need to work" list and Y also doubles as someone we haven't learned about yet. I actually fucked up here--it should be
>Assign D and Y to Appease Fortune. D, ask about God Wills It Thus. Y, ask any question. Remember to be courteous to it.
D-W01 and D-C45 are neat. I want to learn more about them. It should be funny to see how they interact with something they're terrified of.
H is a whatever option. Someone voted for it, I wasn't against it.


EMPLOYEES WHO NEED TO WORK TODAY
B, C, D, E, F, J, Q, T, Y

>>5080151
>AWAKE FROM YOUR NIGHTMARE (Assigned to Employee I)
POWERFUL (Regenerates equipper morale rapidly but lowers morale of nearby employees)
INTIMIDATING (Presence++, Force+, Anger Risk+)
? (!)
Hey what's this exclamation point I see here

>>5080486
Set 1
D/Y haven't gotten their fortunes yet, Q/T pairing is pure kino and I'm curious as to what Sense would put on for them, B likes and can repair Art, I want to make sure V's work order counts and him to interact with Art in person, C because I want to show her that she made a big difference and maybe Future could help her out for a moment, G2 to get in RBA's headspace and Delta just to chill with his bud, Null would keep Sirocco entertained and I wanna save Roxy for Sirocco's last work order (Kid wanted to play for longer), and Meatball needs to be recontained.

>>5080486
As for Set 1's Misc, most of it is driven by curiosity and clarifying/updating Work Orders.

Any questions?

>>5080151
I want to note than in your current dice system (4+ success on d8, 5+ on d10) d10s have less chances of success than d8s.

As for the orders, I'm going to support >>5080187

>>5080484
It's still laying there. Considering you disabled it's connection to the ceiling and RBA cracked him open like an egg, he's not moving any time soon.

>>5080990
Noted. Though d10s are usually only used for anomalies or other non-human, non-employees or someone hoped up on a shit ton of drugs. I'll adjust it as necessary, though.

Let's see the general consensus on what to do, as in a strict majority (more than 50% agrees with)

>D and Y, go to Fortune and yet your fortune/horoscope. Find out what God Wills It does as well (3 for, 1 against)
>Null, bond with Siro (3 for, 1 against)
>Someone to bond with Future (Everyone agreed, if not the specific on who)
>Misc actions that don't conflict with work orders

For anomalies, RBA, Sense, and Art have two people saying one thing, two people saying two different things. And I don't feel comfortable picking the former despite it "technically" having more votes, since it's still only 50% of the votes.

So let's clear some things up

Who to Bond with Future?
>G2
>A
>C

What do with RBA?
>G2 and Delta to Bond with it after it's recontained
>Just focus on escorting it back, don't do any works
>Have V give it a hot meal after patching it up and locking it back in (Nurture)

What do with Sense?
>Have H fiddle around with it (Appease or Bond)
>Have Q and T watch some TV and take notes (Observe)

What do with Art?
>B and V Bond with it. Talk about whatever.
>Have D Appease it.
>Have D-W01 and D-C45 Bond with it about Art.

pMa, XXU, and by association 4GH by supporting pMa don't wanna explore, so we won't.

>>5081123
>C
>G2 and Delta to Bond with it after it's recontained
>Have Q and T watch some TV and take notes (Observe)
>B and V Bond with it. Talk about whatever.

>>5081123
Who to Bond with Future?
>C
I'd rather wait on A and him reuniting, so that he can have some good interactions in this new form, and so we can get a better handle on how A's changed.

What do with RBA?
>Just focus on escorting it back, don't do any works
Let the guy rest for a bit.

What do with Sense?
>Have H fiddle around with it (Appease)
We've yet to try this with him.

What do with Art?
>B and V Bond with it. Talk about whatever.
B needs assigned, and V can get get his feet wet with being a round Flesh.

I'll add another MISC while we're at it:
>G2, do your thing with A
Try to look for any changes since Reminder changed to Future.

Damn, no one wants to be nice to RBA, whose healing was said to ha e noticeably slowed after fighting the Meatball? We need to talk to C directly about her freakout here, either us or G2, but I don't mind replacing A for C this hour.
I really want to make headway into RBA interactions here. Now's a perfect opportunity to show we're "decent" freakshits.

>>5081123
>C
>Have V give it a hot meal after patching it up and locking it back in (Nurture)
>Have D-W01 and D-C45 Bond with it about Art.

To the guy who said "I want to make sure V's Observe counts as a work order," QM already said it counted.

>>5081181
Fiiinnneee, we can have E and S look at him as well, so long as G2 and Delta Bonding happens the hour after, alright? Maybe we can grab a couple more buckets of blood and guts while we help.

>>5081123
>>5081134
Update to RBA work order
>Have E and S Extract some blood and gore for RBA while they patch him up, and have V whip up a hot meal for him and the others for after we recontain RBA.

>>5081185
He said that it sort of counted, I just want to make sure that it's counted proper. Wouldn't want our reward to suffer after all this trouble we went to.

>>5081123
Who to Bond with Future?
>C

What do with RBA?
>Have V give it a hot meal after patching it up and locking it back in (Nurture)

What do with Sense?
>Have Q and T watch some TV and take notes (Observe)

What do with Art?
>B and V Bond with it. Talk about whatever.

>>5081123
>C
>Have V give it a hot meal after patching it up and locking it back in (Nurture)
>Have Q and T watch some TV and take notes (Observe)
>B and V Bond with it. Talk about whatever.

>>5081134
>>5081160
>>5081181
>>5081185
>>5081197
>>5081585
How can V give RBA a hot meal as Nurture work in this hour if he'll be Bonding with Art alongside B?

>>5082298
I never said Nurture RBA this hour in my prompt, I said Have E and S Extract as much as they can while they patch him up, and for V to start preparing a hot meal for him for the next hour.

>>5082307
That's better for me

>>5081123
change that part in >>5082298 to
>Have E and S Extract some blood and gore for RBA while they patch him up, and have V whip up a hot meal for him and the others for after we recontain RBA.

>>5082307
>>5082315
E and S are a little busy at the moment in dealing with the wounded employees, and unless you want them to attempt to physically remove gore from RBA (which is dangerous at the best of times, and E & S are valuable), this is a non-starter.

>>5082417
Okay then I'm being dumb, please disregard

>>5082417
Last I remember, the most major 'wounds' we suffered was Isabelle's welts and general exhaustion. I think RBA wounds are more serious, even if he can regenerate, and it's not like we have to create more wounds to extract from, we just need to collect from his open ones before they close. I think this is a totally reasonable work order.

>>5082433
I dunno what to go with. I'd like this if it's valid an option though. fuck

To avoid a conflict with B and V working on Art and V working on RBA, I'll go with the E and S extraction followed by V working on a meal for his next hour due to the rule of "No employee can work at two anomalies in one shift"

The rest will be

>C bonding with Future
>B and V to chat with Art
>Q and T to Observe the TV

And miscs that don't conflict with each other or that I've been told not to do (as in exploring the third floor due to numbers autism)

>>5082433
Isabelle and RBA were the most fucked up. Izzy is not in much of a fighting state. While you can't tell how much damage they've taken due to not having the Suit Sensors Upgrade, most of the damage Zero and Delta took were minor (with delta ignoring most of it due to his drugs).

And the secondary strike team didn't really have much time to get in a fight or get injured before you bailed them out.

>>5082446
Yeah, looks like we're going to be grabbing Suit Sensors this shift.

What are the odds the abnormalities share the same source? Like the well, or is their source related to all the tech in the city.

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>Assign M, Delta, and T to get RBA and anyone else who needs it off to the medbay. Even with RBA's natural regeneration, he should appreciate some help.
>Before moving RBA, make an announcement to clear the route back to his cell after being treated.

Alright, time to get back to work. You tap your microphone to get the attention of everyone throughout the facility.

"Alright. We're going to escort the anomaly 'Red Blooded American' to the medbay to be treated. He is not in a state to fight, thankfully, so please don't panic. IF he does start shit, we will deal with him." Nervous shuffling and muttering is heard all throughout the facility.

"And to anyone on the third floor, I am willing to have your injured treated. If you're scared it is a trap, do realize I did not just spend so much effort on making sure none of you died. As for the regular employees, feel free to drink. Responsibly."

You flick your cameras over to the one camera on the third floor you can see. The drone is holding a map scribbled down by Bill (how the hell can she even read it), with Employee X and J standing behind her.

They escort the anomaly into the elevator and back to the first floor. The hallway leading to the medbay is a ghost town after your announcement, with no one wanting to be anywhere near the anomaly.

The five employees stand guard around the anomaly as they push them into the room. Mr. Miller quickly backs up and reaches for something, with Emily stepping back with him. Seneca looks a lot more eager than you expected, though.

"Damnit, Lucky. Why did you have to send me to one of these hippie facilities with no containment cells?" The tanned man huffs, clearly wishing he had more heat on him than a chair.

"We do have a cell for him. The boss ordered for him to be treated in here." Monifa simply states, unfazed by the lumbering beast behind her.

Isabelle pushes through, ready to get her wounds treated. Mr. Miller's eyes quickly get drawn to the gun resting on the girl's belt. The two nurses start preparing for the extraction work order.

"Huh. Been a long time since I've seen that model of gun before. Usually only carried by..." He pauses. It's hard to tell if he's sad or relieved. "Guess he didn't make it."

"Yeah, you don't go to rub it in, uncle." She steps forward to him and hands the gun over to him. The tanned man puts on a tall, blue hat put aside and adjusts his blue overcoat before taking a look at the gun.

"Sorry, sorry. Old memories flooding back when I see this thing, you know?" He hands the gun back to her. "Well, think I'm good enough to leave now. Those women were pretty nice, coat wasn't bad either."

"Uh huh. See you around, uncle." She pats him on the back and despite how exhausted is, she has a smile on her face.

"Have a good day, sir." Monifa nods at Miller as he walks past her. Most of the others either lay down to get treated or standby to watch the injured.
>Mr. Churchland's sponsorship is completed!

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>Experiment with the old pendant from O Company
>Look over K's porn mags, see what we're dealing with here, then hand them over to K in person.

Any other time of the day, you would go out yourself and grab it but your body is still tired from that fight. With a quick clap of your hands, S-4M gets Spike to carry a bag to outside of your office.

Even getting up and grabbing it when it's that close still takes a lot of effort. Once you're back to your chair, you first go through the...frankly more unpleasant pile of porno mags.

Most of them are just filled to the brim with images of naked girls, men, hell even some Drones (even some with bits down there). A few of them are more risque (ropes and chains being the tamest you could find) but nothing that would raise an eyebrow.

And then there's just...a magazine about milk. You flip through it some more and yeah, it's not hiding anything. It's all about milk. Then you realize the book is a lot more worn than the others. WELL TIME TO LOOK AT THE PENDANT!

It's an old celtic cross pendant, back from when the Father Above wasn't as wildly worshipped, with a small yellow gem in the center. You decide to put it on since well, what else would you do with it? You lean back in your chair while your assistants do their own thing.

You can feel your tar-filled brain sputter to life. Something faint and distant you've long forgotten slowly begins to surface. You close your eyes.

You're standing in an elevator rising up, starting from the 13th floor and going all the way to the surface. Three others dressed in imposing red-black combat gear and holding assault rifles stand alongside you. You're no different aside from the molotov hanging from your waistband. Phi nudges your shoulder pretty forcefully.

"C'mon. Snap out of it, Zeta. We can't have you day dreaming right now." Oddly peppy for a girl in this taskforce. Even when you can't see her face, you know she's smiling as wide as a harvester. "External Affairs told us that Q-Company has an 'outstanding debt' to pay, remember?"

"Sorry, sorry. Been leaking grey for a while, it's been hard to deal with." You wave your hand. Even now, you can feel something grey leaking out. "Do we really have to use euphemisms? Not like we're out of the facility yet."

"Our boss told us to use them, so we will." Omega barks out. "We're a god damn task force. Remember that." You look down at your pendant, praying for this to be a short one.

"He's a newbie to liquidation orders, Omega. Chill." Algiz chortles, ready to pull the trigger any moment. "Just remember. No witnesses, secure any documents related to their Singularity, and we don't exist."

You snap out of your trance. The others are too busy doing their own thing to notice so before they notice, you sneak out to give the magazines back to Kate.

Neither of you look each other in the eye as you do so. Better not to. You notice how the elevator hasn't moved since your announcement to the meatmen.

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>Have Cora find our [REDACTED]
To get your mind of that as you enter back into the office, you snap your fingers at the drooling pile of scrap metal you bought. "Hey, can you find the, well, it's literally called '[REDACTED]'. I have no idea what the FUCK that is but I want you to find it."

The assistant snaps her head up and stares right at you. Silently, without saying or moving or doing much of anything. You know that S-4M is watching the cameras intently to avoid looking at whatever the fuck is going on here.

Eventually, she snaps out of it. "STUCK IN PIPE STUCK IN PIPE WILL BE SPAT OUT ONCE REFINEMENT STARTS STUCK IN PIPE STUCK IN PIPE WILL BE SPAT OUT-" You have little to no patience for this stuff at this point. You cover her mouth with her hand until her sputtering slows down.

"stuckinpipeanywaysthisiskindanicesir" You quickly remove your mouth and sit back in your chair. Gross.

>Give the cat some coffee
Looks like the cat already beat you to the punch. Employee A2 is currently dealing with a cat trying to knock her cup of coffee off of the breakroom table. The battle of another tar-leaking wreck and a horrible feline.

Soon, A2 gives up and just holds the cup underneath the cat to make it lick from it. It quickly laps up a bit of coffee and before you know it, it's gone again. Vanished, blinked and you missed it.

"...What the fuck?" is all Employee A2 can sputter out. You almost feel bad for her if not for you kinda wanting this to happen. Oh well, it is what it is.

>Assign Z, Gamma and D-5UH4 to contain the Meatball in one of the cells.
While you're not exploring the floor this hour, the three do manage to find a (relatively) intact containment cell and begin stuffing him in it.

You would've expected it to take at least five more people but D-5UH4 (a tall, ripped girl you nearly thought was a man) is definitely pushing her weight. The horde stands by and watches, making sure nothing funny happens.

The Officer is still fucking fuming over this but has either decided to not fight or is forced to not fight you. Meanwhile, the Lone Voice and the Advisor are trying to help where they can to make sure they don't crack the meatball open any more than it already has.

"Be careful. He's very delicate right now."
"Y-yeah. We s-still respect him, even if uh...you know. This situation is complicated."

"Can you tell those creepy meat things to sh-" D-5UH4 gets glared at by Gamma, shutting her up. "We don't need another fucking battle. Push."

>Tell N he doesn't need to clean the 3rd Floor right now.
Administrator --> Employee N

ADMINISTATOR: We're doing the 3rd floor cleaning later. You can go back to your regular duties or take a break.
ADMINISTATOR: Assistants will be found for the cleaning project.
nicholas2188: Break it is. Going to borrow one of those mags you brought back.
ADMINISTATOR: I am both disgusted and proud of your honesty.
nicholas2188: Lying isn't in my nature, sir.

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>Assign O and P to go calm down W. This can only end well.
Hopefully. The two androids sit the stressed-out android down at one of the breakroom chairs. Opal is deadpan as always but Presley looks genuinely worried for once. You're not sure if it's for a good reason though.

"Hey, what's wrong? C'mon, android pride, you can talk." Presley wraps his arm around the girl's shoulder. "Indeed. We heard you were having some issues, Unit #815."

"N-nothing. Nothing! It's fucking nothing, okay! Leave me alone!" Employee W lashes out, shoving Presley away from her. He frankly looks more confused than offended.

"We're not here to cause any problems. We're just worried about you." Opal tries deescalating the situation.

"Like hell you are! I know you're making fun of me being defective right now, aren't you? I didn't ask to be made on the cheap!"

"For someone made on the cheap, you do be looking fine." Presley chuckles, clearly trying to lighten the mood. "But seriously. The boss really is worried about you. Do you remember P-4T?" Employee W freezes up at the mention of that name. Another assistant?

"Y-yes." "Well, he would've torn you apart and throw you in the gutter. Here? The boss is a softie. At least, I think he is. Never seen him. Seen a hobo roaming here before."

"Bill is not a hobo. Be kind to him." Employee O snaps.

"No, no, not him. But seriously, what's gotten you in a tizzy? We're here to help. Last I heard, you were with Arty."

"Y-yeah. Him. He turned his arm into some blade and looked like he was about to stab me. Going crazy about a guy and a restaurant." Employee W calms down a little bit after she begins to vent. "H-he's odd, though. Androids usually don't act so...lifelike. N-no offense but w-we're not humans."

"It is not an insult. That is our purpose." Opal says without much thought. Presley huffs, a bit offended himself. "So what? They made us to look like them, what's the issue?"

"An android being humanoid isn't anomalous." Opal nods.

"I-I swear I saw him breathing. W-we don't do that. W-why did he do that, it doesn't make sense." Employee W pulls out a notepad and looks through it. "Too smooth. Too fluid. Too human. Uncomfortable."

"Look. It's not good to think too hard on stuff like this. Just take a break, man. The boss lets us slack off all the time, don't worry about it." Presley wraps her arm around the girl. "Maybe I can sing some of my original's songs to you. How does that sound?"

"Y-yeah. T-that sounds good."

Opal nods her head. "It's settled. Please take care of yourself, defective." She turns around and walks away. She accidently bumps into Employee A2, who spills her coffee on her. A2 begins yelling up a storm at the android.

"OI! I DON'T NEED SOME BUCKET OF BOLTS FUCKING RAMING INTO ME! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"
"I am sorry, it was an acci-"
"NO IT FUCKING WASN'T STOP LYING."
"I am incapable of lying thanks to m-"

This goes on for another five minutes as the other two quickly leave.

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>Assign U to examine and experiment with God Wills It Thus.
You flip your camera to see the gruff theologian in the (currently) empty Containment Cell C with book in hand. He cracks the book open and begins skimming through it, trying to see if there's anything of interest to it.

Employee U keeps flipping through pages in intense study.
U: Alright, this looks familiar. Old, way before my time.
U: Pagan in origin? Precursor to N-Company?
The crumbling yellow pages are illegible to you. What is he on about?
He eventually stops on a random page. He puts the book down and pulls out a small piece of chalk.
U: Protection. That's what this facility needs the most.
Employee U gets on the ground and begins drawing a wide circle on the floor.
A flurry of random lines, symbols, and letters get scribed down all throughout without rhyme or reason.
Once he's satisfied with it, he grabs a small piece of scrap metal and puts it in the center.
U: Alright. Chapter 3, Prophet Samuel. Protective Binding.
U: Purifica hanc cellam irati daemonis.
U: Nullus enim moritur innocens de manu eius.
He clasps his hands together and closes his eyes, intensely focusing on something.
The circle glows, filling the room with a bright white light. It soon swarms around the pile of scrap.
The metal twists and bends, a once dull grey turning into a shining silver. Employee U's face scrunches, trying to keep focus.
U: Parce populo tuo, Domine.
The ritual circle dissipates into thin air. The pile of now silver clatters to the floor, followed by Employee U falling onto his back.
He grabs the book and holds it tightly to his chest. Muttering a dead, gibberish language.
He quickly stands back up. Unexpectedly, he runs head first at the wall and slams his foot against one of the cell walls.
His foot doesn't even hit the wall, it gets deflected away from it. A small fragment breaks off of the pile of silver.
U: Good. It works.
Employee U grabs the pile of silver and leaves the room with it and the book.

Working Notes - U
-This ritual will not delay the anomaly for long if it decides to break out. It may spare you five extra minutes. I feel like that will help you regardless.
-Various other rituals were in there. Most asked for specific items like a lock of hair or a pint of human blood. It'll take more study to figure out their specifics.
-Translated names so far: Protective Binding, Obliteration, Purification, Blessing of Ansuz, Delay Fate
-Names written in green focus on protection and healing, blue is for power and will, and red is for destruction and death.
-I'm tired, sir. I'm going to rest.

PARADIGM ANALYSIS - God Will It Thus (Allows religious employees to perform a variety of rituals. Heavily drains Willpower when a ritual is active.)

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>Have E and S Extract some blood and gore for RBA while they patch him up, and have V whip up a hot meal for him and the others for after we recontain RBA.
The two nurses are standing around the exhausted, barely awake anomaly. They begin the extraction work, though with some hesitation.

S: Lord, they fucked this guy up. I don't think we have any guns, do we?
E: No? That's the concerning thing.
ANOMALY: g...? where the?
The nurses decide to hurry up before the anomaly gets any ideas.
They place some buckets underneath the holes tricking a constant stream of gore.
After that, they begin to patch him up as best as they can.
Employee E takes out the sewing kit to sew up some of the gaping wounds that are healing too slowly
Employee S tries her best to keep the anomaly calm and docile as she wraps some of his smaller wounds with bandages.
S: There there, big guy. Must've gotten into a big scuffle. Must've been a hard one.
ANOMALY: ...miss milly, i'm flattered, but i'm not into you.
ANOMALY: my boys did fight hard back there. lost some good men. but sacrifices are needed for war.
ANOMALY: mr. frank would tell you about it. he's a good freakshit.
Employee E looks at Employee S. The two simply shrug, deciding it's better to play along.
S: Of course, sir. No offense meant.
S: We're going to have a chef cooking a meal as we speak. Any meals you like the most?
ANOMALY: box nasty. i deserve it after what i did.
S: Of course. Do you feel any better, though?
The anomaly simply shakes his head, barely listening to her.
ANOMALY: better than ever. feels like the good old days when i first enlisted.
ANOMALY: ain't no point living without moments like that, you know?
What's the point of living without struggling? What's the point of fighting without a point?
E: Of course.
E: Our bo- Your superior wants you to rest back in your room. Is that okay?
ANOMALY: room? ain't got no damn room.
S: Your bed. You got one, no?
ANOMALY: oh. right, right. sorry. tired, want to sleep. permission, officer?
E: Accepted. Now, our fine soldiers are going to take you back there. Okay?
Alpha, Beta, and Delta come in to the room to help escort the anomaly, along with J and X.
After the five help the anomaly up and back to his cell, the medbay goes silent.
E: ...
S: ...
S: Holy shit.
Employee S lets out a sigh of relief. You think E would do the same if she did breath.
E: I'm not sure what they hit him with but thank goodness. I didn't want to replace my arm.
S: What the fuck is a box nasty anyways?
E: I'll, uh, ask Zero about it. She'll probably know.

You decide to check up on Employee V after making sure the anomaly is back in its cell (due to his wacked out state, he barely notices that you're imprisoning him again). The chef is busy cooking up a meal with the surplus meat and veggies left over from before.

You'll say he's going to be done by the start of the next hour, if not sooner.

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>D and Y, go to Fortune and get your fortune/horoscope. Find out what God Wills It does as well (Nurture)
The two employees in question head over to the containment cell in question. Employee Y adjusts his fancy, pretentious blouse while Employee D keeps doodling a drawing of Gary. It's about half finished as of right now.

Employee Y goes first, already pulling out the coins and slip of paper necessary.
Employee D chuckles at how quickly the android pulled them out.
D: Bro. This is the safest, most basic anomaly we have. No need to rush in and out of here.
Y: It is not a matter of rushing, 'bro'. It is a matter of being professional and quick about it.
D: Uh huh. Whatever you say, bro.
Employee D pulls out his own coin, ready to go next.
Employee Y pushes the horoscope button after putting the coin in. Nothing happens.
Y: Que? Is this thing broken or something?
D: Nah. That thing is smarter than Presley, it knows I'm here too.
Y: Right, anomalies. Well, go ahead. I don't want to wait forever.
D: Sir yes sir.
Employee D steps up and slips in the piece of paper with the God Wills It Does question.
He pushes the Fortune button after putting the coin in.
After that, the machine starts chugging along like it normally does. Employee Y simply shakes his head.
Y: Guess a human was right for once after all.
Y: So, what, show it to the camera or something?
D: Yepo. So the boss can note it down and we can go back to slacking off.
The machine DINGs and spits out two pieces of paper. One is coated in tar, the other is old and tattered.
Employee Y picks up the tar and cleans it off the paper, putting it in a small plastic bag. Employee D picks up the other one.
They hold up their respective fortunes to the camera. The tattered one has a ritual circle doodled on it as well.
ANOMALY: "Quiet on set, roll sound and camera, Scene 1 Take 1. Impressive filming, A-Company will be talking to you soon, Yovani."
ANOMALY: "Energy Extraction. Requires two buckets of human blood and one vial of Stardust. Will extract more energy from all available sources while active."
ANOMALY: "As long as you pray for a better future, you shall be able to use a god's ember. if only for a moment."
Y: Stardust?
D: Hell if I know. Good luck with A-Company, those fake smiles can be creepy as all hell.
Y: Trust me. I've seen them. Eugh.
The two exit the containment cell after collecting what came out of the machine.

They dump the slips of papers and the bag of tar into the bag outside of the containment cell, but not before Employee D scribbled a copy of the circle on his notepad.

Employee D --> Administrator
dextersurf: Forwarded the doodle to Employee U. You were the one who assigned him to it, right?
ADMINISTATOR: Correct.
dextersurf: neato.

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>Null, bond with Sirocco
The bandaged wrapped EFT agent breaks up her chat with Alpha and Gamma (something about a "Class X" threat) and heads over to the cell, trying to get her mind off of it

You hear the airlock opening up followed by someone stepping inside.
The storm quickly shifts in the direction of the noise.
ANOMALY: Oh ho! It's the bandage lady! Still hurting?
ETF-O: In a sense. Still having fun in here?
ANOMALY: Wish there was more color in here. Wish I could go outside for once.
Please, mom! I wanna play in the sand for a while!
ETF-O: Sorry, youngin. I don't got permission from my bosses. We can talk instead.
ETF-O: Maybe play some tag later. That sound cool to you?
ANOMALY: Sure! Was getting tired of reading the same comic book over and over again.
ANOMALY: What you wanna talk about, granny?
Null chuckles at the nickname given.
ETF-O: So. I've heard stories about you. Impaling stuff into L's back, having a fit over a dog, driving cowboys crazy.
ETF-O: But I want to hear something new from you. Stories YOU want to tell.
ETF-O: Got any? Don't care what it's about as long as it involves you.
ANOMALY: Stories, huh? Usually people tell me stories!
ETF-O: I apologize. Most of my stories are a bit too much for someone like you.
ANOMALY: Well, I guess I can tell you about when my mom first let me outside.
ANOMALY: She never liked it back out there. Beyond the "Cities", she called them
ANOMALY: Didn't really have many friends. I mostly stayed inside, drawing and playing with pops. He was very busy, so that didn't hapepn much.
ANOMALY: It was snowing once. Rare out there, looked weird with the sand. Mom decided it was safe enough to leave.
ETF-O: Wait, you don't know the Cities? Then you must've been in the Outskirts or...further.
ANOMALY: What?
ETF-O: Nevermind. Continue, didn't mean to interrupt
ANOMALY: Oh! Right, right, story. Well, we went outside to play in it. We actually had some fun!
ANOMALY: Instead of being cooped up inside.. Even dad decided to join! I wanted to go further though. See more, do more.
ANOMALY: The storm started to pick up. Blowing faster, faster, yet faster. Yet I just wanted to go in. To leave.
The storm pauses. Null coughs to get her attention.
ANOMALY: We went back inside after that. Mom and dad said a bunch of weird words I still don't understand. Words that those cowboys used as well.
ANOMALY: Like what is an ETF? What's "anomalous weather"?
ETF-O: Well, I'll tell you what they are next time. I think my time is up.
The agent stands up and heads over to where the door is.
ETF-O: An interesting story you told. I always like hearing stories from people. Seeing a new perspective can be...
ETF-O: Enlightening.
ANOMALY: Huh?
ETF-O: I liked it.
ANOMALY: Oh! Thank you, thank you! I'm not used to telling them. Though I like reading them!
ETF-O: See you around.
The agent leaves the containment cell, leaving the storm by herself yet again.
Hide. We don't want them seeing you.

>>5085048
Oh man, did R-Company kidnap this kid?

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>C, Bond with Future
Employee C (who you are giving a fucking talking down to after this work order) approaches the cell, a bit roughed up from her jackass stunt she pulled last hour. She grumbles incoherently as she enters the cell.

Employee C pauses mid step when she sees the knight in shining armor standing in the middle of the room.
C: What.
C: Okay, where's the other guy?
ANOMALY: You're seeing him. In the flesh.
He lifts up his helmet to reveal his skeletal visage.
Employee C shrieks, clearly starled by the talking skeleton.
ANOMALY: Or lack there of. Apologies, didn't mean to frighten you.
He puts his helmet back on. Standing behind him is a torn wooden cross, a permanent Reminder.
ANOMALY: Nevertheless, what brings you here today?
C: U-uh, well, I guess I'm here to...chat with you? They didn't give me anything to ask so.
C: You're Reminder?
ANOMALY: I was what he used to be, yes.
C: Guess he went like the beach. S-so, what do you intend to...d-do now?
ANOMALY: To be a beacon of hope. To keep others from making the mistake that I did.
ANOMALY: You once lost hope, did you not? Came to me when I had no hope myself.
ANOMALY: But I pulled through. I'm sure you will find yourself soon enough.
Employee C pauses, not really sure how to respond to that. She looks down at her arm stump.
C: It still hurts. But I can't let my brothers down.
C: I suppose all I have to ask now is, well, what happened to Arthur? He's been different lately.
ANOMALY: Hm. How's the best way to say it. My old self's influence has slipped from him. He's freed.
ANOMALY: I suppose I can be blunt about what happened with him.
C: So it was mind control. And yet you had no issue doing it. I suppose I can't say I'm a clean record either.
C: Hope this isn't some long con. You still haven't won people's trust back, especially with this.
ANOMALY: I can understand that. I do intend, in all honesty, to be the best I can be.
C: If you say so. Your new get up is nice. It was...hard to look back at your old form, you know?
The skeletal knight bursts out laughing.
Employee C follows in suit, bursting out in giggles.
ANOMALY: That was the least awful thing about that part of me and you know that.
C: Yeah, yeah.
C: Well, I think that's all I can think about.
The anomaly solemnly nods. Employee C quickly leaves.
The knight turns around and looks upon the torn apart cross. Studying it.
ANOMALY: ...It's still hard to think about what happened then. But I must move on, for their sake.

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>B and V to Bond/Chat with Art.
Bill grabs the chef by the scuff of his collar, interrupting him mid cooking session. "Hey, hey! What's the rush?" is all he can manage to get out before Bill drags him to the cell.

Employee B drops Employee V onto the ground after entering.
V: Yeesh. Do you always do this to people you work to?
B: Nah. Ought to with that Alpha kid. Anyways, see, look.
Employee B points at the chef, who's still laying on the ground.
Employee V gulps after realizing he was dragged to meet the chef itself.
V: S-sir. S-sorry to interrupt your break. M-My pal, u-uh, wanted me to talk to you. Is that fine?
The androids sits up, its outfit in a mess. It quickly adjusts it to look more professional.
ANOMALY: Apprentice, I didn't expect another shipment of meat so soon. I don't need it right now.
ANOMALY: I will soon, so maybe you should leave it here.
Employee B takes a moment to process what the chef is saying. He quickly realizes what the chef is on about.
V: N-no, no. It's not like that. We're just here for a chat. T-that's all. Isn't that right.
B: Correct. No chopping up anything today. Alright?
ANOMALY: I will need more meat soon. More meat. More blood. Nevertheless, speak.
B: Seems like you already picked out this one as an apprentice. Any reason why?
V: Y-yeah. I d-don't think we've met before.
ANOMALY: I know a prime chef when I see one, meat.
ANOMALY: He will do good to practice and reach perfection with me. I can tell he has much to learn.
V: H-hey!
B: Eh, he is right. The stuff you cook for us in the breakfast isn't exactly Century Chef tier stuff.
V: A-at least it's not those MREs. Those things wreck my stomach when I eat them.
B: Nevertheless. Your cooking was good. This kid shared some with me and it was the bomb.
A faint smile appears on the anomaly.
ANOMALY: I simply cook as well as I can.
V: No need to understate yourself, sir! It really was good. So were those nice berries.
The anomaly shakes his head.
ANOMALY: Berries? Meat is what is important. Flesh is the core of life itself. Cooking with the fundamental building blocks.
ANOMALY: At least, that's what chefs should know. If people like Adam keep ruining my message, I can see how it ends up like this.
V: Nevertheless...would you be okay if I practiced under you? It would be pretty cool if I could!
V: They, uh, only trained me for a month or two before sending me here.
ANOMALY: Bring meat when you do come back. I do hunger for more. Strive to fill that hunger.
ANOMALY: Fill it however you can. Until you can no longer fill then. Then consume more.
ANOMALY: That is the art of cooking. The art of flesh.
B: Maybe I can give you some repairs later. As long as you don't, uh, go slicey slicey on me.
B: Okay?
The anomaly is busy rambling nonsensically at Employee V to bother listening to Employee B.
Eventually, the two decide to leave before the ranting continues.

>>5085022
>Mr. Miller
Wow it took this long for us to make the connection. Guess this Mr. Miller really is Gary's brother, making him Isabelle's real uncle and not metaphorical uncle. Damn.

>>5085027
Why is K into milk of all things? We should arrange one on one interviews with people at some point, especially after the Zeta reveal is confirmed

>>5085029
D-5UH4? More like D-C7K4 lmao. And that janitor is gonna make a damn fine Welfare Team advisor later on

>>5085033
Is Art just the cook of the restaurant distorted or become an anomaly? A literal cooking machine, becoming his obsession and having it be the way he is on the outside. This line of thought might be the way to solving him and getting his E.G.O.

>>5085035
Hey guys, what if we used the Delay Fate ritual on Fortune For a Price, haha... That'd be a funny prank, wouldn't it...? Haha...

>>5085039
>miss milly, i'm flattered, but i'm not into you
Would he be into people like L or D-C45P? And I really like RBA as a character. Godspeed ya magnificent bastard

>>5085043
I like Y's professionalism here with being prompt and to the point. And these tar rituals are making me want to ask Fortune what Admin needs to do to be free of his black tar internal corruption from the Nothing anomaly. Y being a film-oriented android makes me want to send them to Chattering Lack of Common Sense. Also makes sense he'd be there commentating the fights with Spamton earlier, and I hope A-Company does something good for him

>>5085048
Speaking of colors, I want to do something nice for the suffering cluwne and gift him the bucket of clown paint we got from the invading clown car. I bet that'd cheer him up. And Null is giving me slight Binah vibes, which her trait of Arbiter is not helping.

>>5085061
The weather corrupted her and turned her into an anomaly, then R-Comp found her and kidnapped her? Why did she and her family even go out to live that far away if her mom hated it there? Is it related to her dad?
>STORM CHASER / SEEK SHELTER
this puzzle needs to be solved someday
all kids need to grow up eventually
but growing up doesn't mean you have to give up all your freedoms and desires, or at least not forever or not entirely
what are we missing here?

>>5085112
Reminds me of Leper from Darkest Dungeon letting down the mask and showing his face when he gets afflicted. What does "went like the beach" mean? And I already love the shit out of Future and hope he can move on better with his life than he did before

>>5085115
I think Art of Flesh just dropped a big hint at us with his small speech there

>>5085128
>Beach?
Typo. meant bench, as in A Quiet Day. C was just referring to how Reminder got decommissioned like him.

Last two posts soon (followed by the work results of course), sorry for the five day wait. Was in a weird funk for a while

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>>5085132
Its okay, you're gonna make it. We all will, one day.

GOD FUCKING DAMN AM I HYPE FOR *EVERYTHING*
Also didn't expect D to be a dudebro, but that works too. Maybe Y and O would get along.
A2 needs anger management.
From our most recent flashback, it looks like we were some kind of Rabbit analog? Neat. We should get our hands on some kind of molotov soon. Next H-Corp commission when? Though if it's another "finish day in X-hours" mission we probably won't take it...
Anyways, happy to see this back in action. Glad you're alright, QM.

>>5085148
>A2 needs anger management.
A2 needs to be talked to to see if she's really a female clone of the Admin somehow, or whatever she's supposed to be

>>5085022
>"We do have a cell for him. The boss ordered for him to be treated in here."
Yeah, that was silly.
>"Uh huh. See you around, uncle."
I sure has a lot of family nearby, huh?

>You look down at your pendant, praying for this to be a short one.
An old personal possession of ours?

>"stuckinpipeanywaysthisiskindanicesir" You quickly remove your mouth and sit back in your chair. Gross.
Man she is unsettling.
>The horde stands by and watches, making sure nothing funny happens.
Hey they came back. Now we know where they are, maybe now we can open a dialogue with them.

>Opal nods her head. "It's settled. Please take care of yourself, defective."
Weastill ought to assign her to G2 sooner or later.
>"I am incapable of lying thanks to m-"
Now this is a valuable tidbit. I wish she'd finished her sentence though; I'm curious as to the reason.

>U: Good. It works.
A book of rituals? Cool. Looks like its restricted to U, maybe I and maybe A though.

>Y: Stardust?
Almost certainly take from Star somehow.

>ANOMALY: Like what is an ETF? What's "anomalous weather"?
Huh, so she was someone that got wrapped up in something anomalous, as opposed to being the catalyst herself.

>ANOMALY: Fill it however you can. Until you can no longer fill then. Then consume more.
>ANOMALY: That is the art of cooking. The art of flesh.
Well that's certainly an enlightening remark.

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>Q and T to Observe the TV. See if you can figure out its properties.
And the last work order of this shift. These two chucklefucks. You gotta admit, as you watch them entering the containment cell, you find a grim pleasure in how quick and efficient their work is. Though you really, really wished Q would also have a face mask like T.

The two drones walk up to the TV, already knowing what to do with it.
Q: Turn on first: Who?
T: Not physical hazard: Would recommend you.
Q: Response: Reasonable.
Employee Q starts fiddling with the dials but pauses right before he tunes it fully.
T: Pause: Explain?
Q: Pressure: Prodding at head. Felt something trying to tune into me.
Q: Hurts. Others: Didn't notice?
T: Explanation: Our biology?
Q: Perhaps.
He goes back to twisting the dial until they finally get a signal. It took a while longer than you expected.
On the screen is a twisted pile of meat in the vague shape of a humanoid. Teeth and nerves bulge out from all over it.
Employee Q recoils in disgust, while T tilts her head in confusion. Odd moments of human emotion.
ANOMALY: "Q-Company Semonior for Drone-Workers #19, Section A. We shall be talking about how to properly extract energy from one of our Assets."
Q: Don't recognize training tape. Unfamiliar yet familiar. Twisted.
ANOMALY: "First off, we need to make sure that you know the four danger types. Red, physical. White, mental. Black, both. Pale, unknown."
ANOMALY: "Red is simple to understand. Physical damage of any kind will do this. Avoid physical damage at all cost unless you are a Prime Cut."
T: Explanation: Reasonable.
Employee Q and T scribble down notes, though Q is preparing for any attack that may come from it.
ANOMALY: "White, however, is far more dangerous. Mental damage is harder to heal and harder to see. For example, this image will-"
Q: DOWN!
T: Wh-
Before T can react, Q grabs her and pulls her to the side, away from the TV. Your camera automatically censors the image broadcasted.
ANOMALY: "A simple image like this can cause several mental corruption in anyone who witnesses it. Of course, we'll show the killswitch image, so don't be afraid of looking."
T: Need to: Observe.
Q: Brain: Must not be in head!
ANOMALY: "But if you are scared, you can look back now. We'll be moving on to Black."
Employee Q nervously looks to see if the image is gone. He only sees the still lingering image for a second but already begins to sweat.
Q: Damnit. Not liking this. Hurry up and finish.
The two go back to watching. No other image gets broadcasted again but Employee Q is still sweating bullets about it.
Eventually, the signal goes dark.
T: Informational: Yet worrying. Familiar.
Q: Leaving: Now.
Employee T nods, having done her work. The two quickly leave before the TV can spit something out again.

Huh. Guess the box really isn't harmless after all. Change of pace compared to the other box and not in a good way.

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>Call in C for an interview. We gotta find out what she was thinking when she was fucking around with Spike.
You send her the message. Let's nip this in the bud.

Deciding that you don't want her having a hissy fit at her office, you strategically put the defective assistant behind your filing cabinet and tell her to stay quiet. Once you hear a knock at the airlock, you snap your fingers.

"Oh boy, a disciplinary hearing. Want any guards in case she goes apeshit, sir?" S-4M's face flickers back onto the screen.

"I think I can handle her. She's missing an arm for Father sake, S-4M."

"Whatever you say. I'll go back to watching G2 trying to control the incident A2 and O are having." S-4M's face disappears right as the airlock opens up to reveal...well, Employee C. Short, missing arm, short blond hair. She clearly doesn't want to be here.

"I would offer you a seat but I don't usually expect visitors. Let's cut to the point, shall we?" You squint your eyes. "What the fuck was that about?"

"What? Future? I worked on it, it didn't hiss at me, get off my back." Damn, she's snappier than you expected. "I'm not here to be lectur-"

"No, you dipshit. With Spike. The robot who we were trying to use to fight on the third floor. Yet you did your wackass stunt by trying to climb up on it. Why that?" You would be more formal in any other situation but it would be lying to say you weren't pissed at her for that.

Employee C gives a snide look. "Of course you wouldn't know. You don't have to work with that thing watching you for a whole shift. I don't need a reminder of the thing that did FUCKING THIS TO ME!" She waves her arm stump.

"First off, have you been going to G2? I've asked him to do regular checkups on people regardless of orders. Secondly, that does not excuse you hindering operations." You take a moment to cover your mouth and cough some more black tar up. It's becoming a ritual at this point.

"Well maybe this wouldn't happen if you didn't send us, without weapons, into a dark floor you didn't know anything about! I'm a fucking freak because of you!"

"What has been done is done. I am sorry for making that mistake but it does not excuse you hindering our operation. We had to send your brother down there. What would've happened if we needed it as backup but you kept us from doing so?"

Employee C opens her mouth, ready to rebuke, but slowly closes it. She genuinely didn't think of that considering how progressively worried her face becomes.

"Oh. Oh father above, that's...why you were upset? I, uh, I didn't know I thought tha-"

"Employee C. I get that you've had a hard time here and I'm sorry. But you can not let this hamper work, especially when lives are at stake. I'm signing you up for mandatory sessions with G2 until further notice."

"Bu-"

"Dismissed. Don't let this happen again."

Without any room to argue, she sighs and reluctantly leaves the office. Lord, you need to get her an arm before she actually kills someone.

Did F and J do works today? We might have to go another hour. Fuck.

The Work Order for Red Blooded American is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +4/???
Employee Morale: Worried
Current Anomaly Mood: Relaxed
Working Notes - E
-What the hell happened to him? He looked like swiss cheese.
-Apologies if you were using the sewing kit for something else. Some wounds were way too big, though.

Working Notes - S
-So, apparently, a box nasty is a term for some sandwiches, fruits, and chips.
-We extracted some non-RBA meat as well. Not sure if you want it.

Extracted
-3 buckets of gut and gore
-A bag filled with crumpled meat from the Horde

The Work Order for Fortune for a Price is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +3/???
Employee Morale: Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Employee Y - Director Programming (All Interaction Results+, Anger Risk+, Presence+)
Working Notes - D
-Yovani's pretty snappy and to the point. Don't think he likes working too long.
-Stardust is probably from Star, but why did the android's note have tar on it?

Working Notes - Y
-Nothing exciting, unless sticky tar is your cup of tea, signore.
-Felt that thing watching me. Judging me. I'm the one who usually does that.

The Work Order for Sirocco is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +5/???
Employee Morale: Amused
Current Anomaly Mood: Nostalgic
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Null - Calm Spirit (Mental Protection+, WP+)
Working Notes - Null
-The only desert anywhere near this city is hundreds of miles away. You only go there if you want to hide or work in secret.

The Work Order for A Hope for a Brighter Future is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +6/???
Employee Morale: Content
Current Anomaly Mood: Guarding
Working Notes - C
-You really changed him, huh? Energy production seems to be the same.
-Liked our chat. Helped me forget my worries.

The Work Order for The Art of Flesh is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +5/???
Employee Morale: Uneasy
Current Anomaly Mood: Waiting
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Employee V - Brown-noser (Bond+, Appease+, Nurture++, lowers morale of rebellious employees)
Working Notes - B
-Weird. Usually he doesn't see humans as chefs, just food.
-I rather not go back until he's not hungry, thanks.

Working Notes - V
-Eager to learn! Maybe he'll be able to teach me some stuff.
-That rant feels like it means something. not sure what.

The Work Order for Chattering Lack of Common Sense is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +7/???
Employee Morale:
Employee Q - Nervous
Employee T - Entertained
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
Employee Q - Poised (WP+, Subdue++, strikes first in combat)
Employee T - Easily Amused (Gains morale easily, Bond+)
Working Notes - Q
-Would not recommend sending anyone with low mental resistance or will here.
-Corrupted form of Drone training tapes. Directors usually look cleaner than that.

Working Notes - T
-TV apparently sent a cognitohazard. Sadly didn't see it.
-Liked the show otherwise. Was entertaining.

>>5085195
better sterilize that sewing kit before we give it to those employees into sewing/clothes like those couple guys from before
that horde meat could be anomalous based on the brief snippet that exposure can cause you to be hiveminded; we should examine it eventually
reminding Y that even directors had to learn from somebody else greater than them might be cool to keep him in check
real sus about sirocco's family background
that art rant is big important
Q and T are a nice couple

Hour 5, Shift 6
QUOTA: 0/26 C-Extract Refined
A-Energy: 129 units, 0/hour
ICP-Energy: 6 units
C-Extract: 0

SPONSORSHIPS:
>A-Company: Film two fights with different employees. Completed!
>D-Company: Star of the Century is currently out of the facility. Make do without.
>X-Company: Make sure every employee works this shift.
>Mr. Churchland: Don't let Mr. Miller die. Completed!

INTERACTIONS [1 Hour Each]:

LIVING
>Anomalies: A Hope for a Brighter Future, Red Blooded American, Sirocco
>Assign Employee (What work type? Any specific instructions? To which anomaly? etc)

INANIMATE
>Anomalies: Fortune for a Price, The Art of Flesh, Chattering Lack of Common Sense
>Assign Employee (Same as Living)

MISC
>Facility: REFINEMENT ROOM, Explore the Third Floor (with who?) Unleash the Beast (6 A-Energy to activate)
>S-4M: Anomaly Analyzation (Which anomaly and how long?), Control Spike (what do?)
Working Notes - S-4M
-Mental hazard wasn't because of work type or employee species.
-Anomaly prefers high Bond and Observe. Reacts poorly if low Bond or Observe employee works on it.
>C-ORA: Search Protocol (What do you want to find?)
>Assign Employee (To do what? Any specific instructions?)

EQUIPMENT
Weapons:
>Riot Clubs and Combat Knives (Assigned to ETF, grants +1 FORCE dice and a reroll per encounter)
>ROD OF OBEDIENCE (+1 FORCE dice, Subdue++. Assigned to Monifa)
>Surplus Knife and Surplus Club (May add +1 to two FORCE dice. Club and Knife assigned to J)
>BLESSED BLADE (+2 FORCE dice, deals Stamina damage to non-religious employees who attempt to wield it. Unassigned.)
>Stun Baton (+1 FORCE dice, weakens an opponent on a success. Assigned to F and I.)

Armor:
>ARMOR OF THE FATHER (Physical Protection++, may block some attacks, FORCE-, unassigned.)
>Stab Resistant Vest (Physical Protection+, assigned back to F, I, and J.)
>Weather Resistant Protective Gear (resists sand, rain, and mild heat. Assigned to whoever works on Sirocco)
>Gas Masks (Protects against gas based attacks. Current count: 4. Unassigned)

PARADIGMs
>AWAKE FROM YOUR NIGHTMARE (Assigned to Employee I)
POWERFUL (Regenerates equipper morale rapidly but lowers morale of nearby employees)
INTIMIDATING (Presence++, Force+, Anger Risk+)
? (!)
>OLD WORLD BLUES (Unassigned)
COMFORTING (Stamina+, regenerates Stamina, Willpower and Work Ethic-)
SILENT (Presence--, hard to detect on your cameras?)
??? (???)
>God Wills It Thus (Unassigned.)
PAGAN (Allows religious employees to perform a variety of rituals. Heavily drains Willpower while casting a ritual. Available rituals: Protective Binding, Obliteration, Purification, Blessing of Ansuz, Delay Fate)

CONSOLE COMMANDS
>View cameras in which rooms? (Write in)
>Broadcast an announcement over the intercom system (Write in)
>Manage Employee roster and Departments. (Write In)
>Edit anomaly dossiers and logs (Write in)
>Message an Employee PDA. (Write in)
>Call an Employee in (Who?)
>Leave the office.
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)

And we're back to business, bby. Hopefully we can speed it up from here on out instead of taking forever from me. Again, sorry for that.

>>5085189
F and J are all that's left, yeah. Otherwise, you're done. On the upside, you don't have to care who you send to work for the other anomalies.

>>5085217
>F: Nurture Hope
>J: Observe RBA, listen to his
>V: Nurture Art, take Horde meat
>O: Bond with Chatter
>S4M: Analyze Chatter
>D-H3427: Bond with Sirocco (to hopefully reveal her traits)
>D-93029Y: Refine 93 A-Energy

>>5085217
So we got the Meat Ball into a proper containment cell, and we're pretty sure he's an Anomaly, but he's not been added to the Anomaly list yet. Do we need to talk to HQ or fix up the Third floor or something first?

Living:
>Future: F to Nurture
>RBA: S2 to Bond
Curiosity killed the cat, but I can't help myself.
>Siroco: D-K02215/Kor to paint her cell with the clown stuff (appease?)

Inanimate:
>Fortune: J for question of their choice.
>Flesh: D to appease
He's likely still in the wind-down from cooking. Might as well try and tidy up after all that cooking.
Sense: O to Bond


Misc:
>W to G2
That talk last shift helped, but a proper professional talking it over certainly can't hurt.
>Third Floor Explore: A, R, O, W, C-0RA
The meat horde seem to be hanging around The Meat Ball's cell? See if they can't pass at least one of them a spare PDA so we can talk to them.
Seaking of:
>Place some sort of guard on the Flesh Ball's cell
I'm tempted to have Spike down there, but the Horde might get the wrong idea with how intimidating he is.
>luck of the draw! Any otherwise unoccupied employees can be drafted to help N in cleaning the 3rd floor.

CONSOLE COMMANDS:
>S4M: Analyze the Flesh ball
assuming he can at this point.
>D-93029Y: Refine 93 A-Energy

>>5085237
RBA has a beef with J, so that's no good.
Flesh is still recovering; no sense in getting him running again too soon.

>>5085382
>D-93029Y: Refine 93 A-Energy
Actually, we should talk about how much A to refine. 93 will leave us with 5 C spare, but only 36 A before this shift's additions.

>>5085382
RBA is out of it though, that's why I'm sending J now.

>>5085383
We can always continue the day if we want more A, but this way we can finish it at any moment.

Out of curiosity, since we won't be getting the other 2 Paradigms... what were the effects of "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (JUDGE) and "A Crisis of Faith" (QUESTION)?

Making my own vote because one wants to get S2 murked and the other wants to feed Art of Flesh a bag of suspicious rotting Horde meat. Shit, man, at least give him something fresh like RBA's blood buckets. It's like you want our nuggets to die! I don't expect them to *live* long, but they cost us valuable time and AE! Let's not be wasteful like the last Admin.

Also, is the Meatball in the room reinforced by U, or is it somewhere else? I'd like to relocate it if it isn't already there.

LIVING
>V to Nurture RBA with his "box nasty." Delta to guard him.
>J to Bond with Future. Talk about his disregard for his own life. Also discuss what can be done to help the previous administration's Security.

INANIMATE
>Assign D-H34 to Nurture Fortune, ask any question. Assign T to help it write.
>Assign P and H to Bond with Sense.
>D and D-W01 to Bond with Art of Flesh. Both equip SRV (reassign from I and J). Talk about art and how different mediums can influence it. Lead into asking him about his "meat is truth" philosophy. AVOID ANGERING HIM UNLESS YOU WANT TO FUCKING DIE, IN WHICH CASE CORPORATE REQUIRES A 2-WEEK NOTICE.
>Also ask if he's interested in experimenting with Abnormality meat; show him a Gore Bucket as an example.
>Gamma and Z to keep them safe.

MISC
>3rd Floor Exploration: K, W, F, M, A. Prioritize locating the Storage Room and the arm cybernetic within, but also keep an eye out for any other goodies. DO NOT ANTAGONIZE THE MEAT PEOPLE.
>S4M, if possible, please Analyze the Meatball for 2 hours. If not, Analyze Sense instead.
>D-93029Y: Refine 93 A-Energy

F, W, K to maximize W's Luck Boost. M to protect them. A because he's an Observe hound. I'm willing to go up to the 7th hour before F gets his turn, especially because Refining 93 AE will put a dent in what we can spend this shift.
I also want to see if Arty is willing to work with Anomaly meat (because let's be real, while the prime meat is great for morale, 12 AE per purchase is just not economical at all). More characterization for D and W01, as well.
P and H to Sense because it likes Bond+ and Observe+, and someone wanted to see what H would get on the television last shift.

>>5085760
Anon, the entire point of having the vote broken into three parts is so we can disagree on parts without throwing the entire thing out.

Meatball is somewhere down on the third floor, and U did his tests in Star's cell; seeing as U took the reinforcing focus with him at the end of the testing, I don't see why we can't move it down there.

RBA is in poor shape at the moment, S2 isn't going to get wacked.

V is a panic risk, so he should be kept far away from the massively intimidating muscled demon.
Delta was just out in that same fight, and thus should be allowed to rest. Plus the whole "too much time with an anomaly makes it much more likely they take an interest in you" thing.

>>5085760
+1
But with the addition of
>R, M, Bond with Sirocco. She can play a bit longer than usual.
>Add F to the Fortune Nurture work order
>Refine 99 A-Energy
>Don't show gore bucket until we can give Art a RBA cocktail as an example.
>W, C, F, K, M to Explore, don't antagonize the meat people.
Lucky Number autism, maximum benefit. Refining 99 shouldn't be too much of a hassle. We shouldn't be feeding our people anomalous meat until we can test it out on our D-Class, but I am interested if Art could make consumption safe for the eater. And Sirocco ask if she could play longer with Roxy beforehand. Given that I'm planning on ending this shift next turn on a high note, I think it's appropriate. Same with F. After all, I'm betting that we got an S rank today, and I'm anxious to see the results before another Invasion happens.

>End Shift after all work orders have been completed, including Misc

>>5085902
Also in addition to the work order
>I is to examine AFYN for any other aspects it may have (maybe that ? (!)), and then try out another ritual in God Wills It Thus with U's assistance

I'm personally curious about the other aspects of our paradigms.

>>5085847
Anon, I'm not about to annoy RBA just after he did a massive solid for us, especially not with S2. Plus, V has a +++ on Nurture, and RBA is too out of it to really fuck with him, so V's good. Delta is there just to defuse any conflict non-physically, given RBA high regard for him.

>>5085466
I can't say because there's a slim chance you might get them later down the line through an anomaly/department but I'll give you this much. All three would've been a book of some kind.

And negative path PARADIGMS tend to be more volatile/unstable yet stronger than positive or neutral/special PARADIGMS.

It's a guy working off Pseudo-Christianity. Of course it's going to be a book.

>>5085847
Containment Cell C is the one with RBA. He picked that one since well, it's a giant demon who punched a torso sized hole in the meatball.

You decide why that needs more protection if he ever stops playing chummy with you.

>>5085920
>He picked that one since well, it's a giant demon who punched a torso sized hole in the meatball.
Is the protection bound to the ritual location, or does it follow the 'focus'? I'd gotten the impression it followed the silver, as that was what the ritual was centered around.

>>5085902
There's a reason why I didn't include C in the 3rd floor group, you know. Mostly because C is a rampant robo racist, and W is a bundle of nerves. Both very volatile. Overall, not a good idea to have the group distracted by inter-party conflicts.
Also not sure if QM will let F do a work order and explore the 3rd floor in the same hour.
Completely forgot about Sirocco, to be honest. I'm pretty whatever on the work order there, but same issue as above; don't know if QM will let M play with her and also explore in the same hour.

Reminder we also need to order paint for Sirocco's room. People seem to have forgotten that.

Also, guys, we really should take the opportunity to stock up on AE here. We've got an Invasion going down on the 1st Floor tomorrow according to Sense, so it's for the best that we get ourselves as big of a budget as we can afford. More weapons would be nice. For this reason, I'm promoting taking one more hour after this.

>>5085984
I think that it's more beneficial that C's apart of this exploration than any potential inter-party conflicts, and beside, I'd rather have the best benefit lucky number autism can have when we're getting C's arm.

In my experience, Misc actions can be completed with separate from anomaly work orders, but we can switch M out with I and regal the anomaly with her exploits before Sirocco plays with R. Besides, I'm a bit curious if we can rub some Proud to Serve off on Sirocco. F, on the other hand, is just getting his Fortune, it's unreasonable to assume that he'd take up a full hour to do so.

Oh yea, and before I forget. It's clear that Sirocco was anomalous before she played in the snow. Her mother and father, moving out into the middle of the dessert, keeping her inside all the time, them already know about anomalous weather and ETF while Siro's oblivious? Clearly she was born this way.

>>5085986
We're not painting Siro's cell in the color of clown puke, we're buying appropriate paint in the catalogs.

>>5085988
While I agree with you on stocking up A-Energy, I think you're missing the bigger opportunity- the S-Rank rewards. I think with Reminder popping into Future, the Clearing of the Third Floor, the re-containment of the fleshball, and no employee incapacitations or deaths? Yea, I can already taste that S-Rank already.

Besides, we don't know if the killer clown was a imagination of our clown projected on the TV, since we know that the TV isn't projecting reality.

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>>5085988
I will say, it maybe worth stocking up on C Product and buying Spike 1 and Spike 2 (tentatively renamed Pike and Stabby McStabbyton). And maybe we should consider giving Spike a suit, just for shits and giggles? (Not the good ones, those are reserved for hard working employees).

>>5086007
>no employee incapacitations or deaths
It'll only be so if we manage to Refine without anyone dying. Do you know how to do that?

>>5086034
Easy. Have F ask Fortune that question.

>>5086034
>>5086068
If you want, you can even ask him if it’s wise to continue Work for another hour, and about insight into the clown slasher and the TV, for clarity.

>>5086003
>I think that it's more beneficial that C's apart of this exploration than any potential inter-party conflicts
We're still entering nominally hostile territory, you're aware. It's a delicate situation and showing internal conflict is a terribly unprofessional foot to put forward; W is in a red mood as it is, since O and P didn't get to do much before A2 interrupted. We're really going to need to get those extra dorms soon. C is high-strung and just got back from us yelling at her, too, so pressing her buttons even more is a terrible idea. F and K should be more than enough for the horoscope to take effect (and we've seen that F isn't really as capable of holding back his big sister as much as he'd like).
Regarding the S, I think the 6th Hour is too late to get a time bonus. Even taking into consideration our increased Quota, the fact that we're operating minus-one Anomaly meant our time would naturally take a hit. Time bonus is earned by completing a day as fast as (or even faster than:see stockpile) what is actually possible.
I also question if reclaiming a floor actually improves our score, can someone check the previous threads?
>Besides, we don't know if the killer clown was a imagination of our clown projected on the TV, since we know that the TV isn't projecting reality.
We watched S2 make a deal with the I-Corp salesman for a Cryobed, which already proves some degree of reality manipulation (or else the call wouldnt habe gone through at all).
I'm going to play it safe and say that ignoring the warning is a bad, bad idea either way. We can always ask Fortune to double check, though I don't want to tire him out.

>>5086013
Spike is something like 13 feet tall. There's no suit we have that will fit it.

>>5086213
You mean pacified territory, and I think C can hold it together long enough to get an arm (hopefully the luck will make it a good arm), but if C does try to start shit, we got M there to deal with it, so it should be fine. I think it’s better to double down on Fortune’s luck than worry about our employees not getting along with one another.

As for the time bonus, I agree, but we did get a lot done this shift (Future, 3rd Floor, etc), and I’m sure that we’d get some considering for being down an anomaly because of a sponsorship.

> Working Notes - B2
>-can't talk to tv but can talk to the tv people. they're fake. don't trust them.
If they’re fake and we can’t trust them, then the clown slasher may not even appear. Still, it’s best not to take chances. At the end of the shift, we should warn our employees and put this facility on alert just in case. Everybody in pairs, no one goes it alone.
>ANOMALY: Please look out for any of the following: Neon signs, bright lights, carapace, salt in the air

>>5086214
A shame

>>5085902
Before I forget, another addendum.
>Ask Future what kind of furnishings that he’d like to have.
>Ask Fortune which D-Class should be refined to producing the best Rank outcome this shift.

>>5086257
>and I think C can hold it together long enough to get an arm (hopefully the luck will make it a good arm), but if C does try to start shit, we got M there to deal with it, so it should be fine.
You expect the woman who was insane enough to try and attack a 13-foot tall hunk of steel and sharp weaponry, by herself, in full view of her coworkers, in the middle of an ongoing assault, to "keep it together" while in a high-stress environment *and* working directly with one of her traumas?
I'm at least 60% sure that right now, Felix would *understand* if we decided to Refine her as punishment, even if he wouldn't *like* it.
>If they’re fake and we can’t trust them, then the clown slasher may not even appear
The TV people aren't real people. This much is certain. They are, however, perfectly capable of interacting with our world (again, as seen with how S2 directly spoke to the I-Corp salesman).
On top of that...
>actually believing a cluwne on anything to do with trust
There's not much point arguing this right now, anyways. We'll know for certain when we get our Catalogs and see a Cryobed as an option.
Besides, do you really think an S-rank reward would be worth, say, 2-3 more purchasable items? I personally don't think so. We didn't even get Favorability. I'm happy with just an A-rank reward and I want to keep going, especially since if we end now we'll only have like 40-50 AE. Considering how QM has upped the price for so many upgrades, that's not really a lot.

Sorry to interrupt this convo but let's see what conflicts and what doesn't.

>Nurture Future
>Bond Chattering
>Ask Fortune a question
>K, W, F, and M to explore the Third floor
>Refine 93 A-Energy with D-93029Y
>Analyze Chatter if the meatball isn't available
>Other miscs that don't conflict

...and everything else is either a tie or a "1-1-2" scenario that makes me hesitant. So let's figure some things out so I can write and (hopefully) write it in a day or two instead of four.

Who do you wanna send alongside the four dipshits?
>C
>A
>Someone else (who?)

Who to Nurture Future?
>F
>J

What do with Art of Flesh?
>Have D and D-W01 Bond with it
>Nurture it with V
>Have D appease it

Who to Bond with the TV?
>O to Bond
>P and H to Bond

Who to assign to Fortune?
>D-H34, along with T to help
>J
>J and F

What do with Red Blooded American?
>MAKE A [[Communion]] WITH THE [[Protect your country at any cost!]] VIA [[BestSalesman1997]]
>Have V feed it the "Box Nasty" it wants
>Have J Observe it.

And what to do with the sand child?
>R and M to bond with her. Play a bit longer than usual.
>D-H3427 to Bond with it.
>Kor to Appease it with the clown vomit

Correction, seems like 4GH didn't vote for a Fortune thing, so the majority would be the D-H3247 with T one. The rest are still conflicts unless I misread them (it is a cluttered amount of votes)

So ignore the Fortune question and the "D-H3247 to bond with SIrocco" voting option.

>>5086321
>A
>J
>Have D and D-W01 Bond with it
>P and H to Bond
>Have V feed it the "Box Nasty" it wants
>R and M to bond with her. Play a bit longer than usual.

>>5086321

Who do you wanna send alongside the four dipshits?
>A
C is not someone we want in unexplored territory.

Who to Nurture Future?
>F
F still needs assigned today.

What do with Art of Flesh?
>Have D appease it

Who to Bond with the TV?
>P and H to Bond
I'm not too fussed here honestly.

Fortune bypassed

What do with Red Blooded American?
>Have J Observe it.
I don't actually think this is a good idea, but J still needs to be assigned today.

SIrocco bypassed

>>5086321
>A
>F
>Nurture it with V
>O to Bond
>J
>skip
>Kor to Appease it with the clown vomit

>>5086328
+1

>>5086328
+1

>>5086328
>>5086420
>>5086431
What the fuck is F gonna do then? We need him to do a work

>>5086321
Switch mine (>>5086420) to:
>Send A to dipshit land
>F to Nurture Future
>V to Nurture Art
>O to Bond Chattering
>J to Fortune
>COMMIT [[Mortal Sin]] WITH THE [[Proud to be American]]
>R and M to Bond Sirocco

>>5086441
We're still working next hour.

>>5086467
maybe, maybe not. Once everyone has worked, we've no reason to keep today going besides racking up extra A energy.

>>5086467
We're on hour 6 right now. We refine and end on hour 7?
I personally want the following employees to do works because we still haven't worked them enough
>Kor
one of the misfits
>cluwne
recent, and he needs to be given that clown paint at some point alongside a room and expendable furniture and told to go nuts
>O2
another one of the misfits
>Q
still little known on him
>S2
recent, and I want more Spamton interactions
>Z
he talks in allcaps and is a blowhard fuck, I want to see more of him
>D-H3427
lovecraft heart, nuff said
>D-5UH4
big musclegirl amazon, though clearly very negative on the mental protection based on the N&Q test, though those 1v1 fight odds make me wonder if she is Gebura tier strong somehow
>D-4C3
its in the name: "Ace". lasted 12 minutes with N&Q blasting
>D-W23N
lasted as long as D-C45P did under N&Q, and knowing how the latter expendable is, this makes D-W23N a promising expendable to keep around longer
any one of these expendables needs to be sent into refinement when the time comes
>D-C453Y
>D-D3X732
>D-124N474
>D-10V311
>D-D4N131
>D-4U9U57US
>D-93029Y
my money is on D-D3X732 as he lasted N&Q 15 secs longer than D-5UH4 did, which unless he has really good perks and traits means his mental protection is ass and he needs to die
although any of the other expendables I listed there are still valid to send to refinement

>>5086479
>We're on hour 6 right now. We refine and end on hour 7?
We can refine now and work hour 7, then end shift. That's my plan, anyways.

>>5086321
my vote is
>C
if only due to lucky numbers and we're going to get her replacement arm already so she better behave and stop being a cunt at us
>F
no Nurture bonus or malus there, and I don't wanna send the death seeking brother to Future this early
>Have D appease it
he has 2 Appease+ and cooking can be a form of art, and the anomaly is literally "The ART of Flesh" so it works here
>P and H to Bond
Though both P and H have + to Bond, H has Mental Protection- and Q just fucking told us not to send low mental protection people to the TV. Then S-4M told us right after
"Mental hazard wasn't because of work type or employee species."
"Anomaly prefers high Bond and Observe. Reacts poorly if low Bond or Observe employee works on it."
so I hope H's 1 Bond+ is enough along with his 1 Observe+ to offset anything bad that can happen. P has 1 Observe- but his big Bond+ should pull through along with his ability to always act as an android, in case things go wrong
>J
This is pretty simple for him
>Have V feed it the "Box Nasty" it wants
He wanted this. This is also Nurture work and V has 1 Nurture+ that we know of. RBA is still tired too, so risk for V getting hurt or panicking is minimal
>R and M to bond with her. Play a bit longer than usual.
M did okay in the third floor mission, this is a welcome break for the HoS

>>5086326
>ignore the Fortune question and the "D-H3247 to bond with SIrocco" voting option.
I voted anyway

>>5086481
>refine now and work hour 7, then end shift
Working while refinement is going on attracts bad attention, remember? I don't wanna have a repeat of the Oneiros clown car incident fucking up our A/S rank today

And when the time comes to refine, let's not forget we bought these the previous day
>REFINEMENT PROTOCAL "FOSTER". FREES THE CHAINS OF REFINEMENT TO ALLOW FOR A WIDER VARIETY OF EFFECTS TO HAPPEN AT INCREASED FREQUENCIES.
>REFINEMENT PROTOCAL "COLLECTION". ALLOWS THE PIPES TO DIG DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE FACILITY. RANDOM ITEMS MAY BE EXTRACTED DURING REFINEMENT.
so let's see what sort of random items we get from refinement, as well as what mystery effects come about

>>5086499
odds are the first thing that will come out is (redacted)

>>5086479
oh yeah forgot
>X
>A bored android dressed in a bland office worker outfit
Based on lines in the last thread, they have synergy with the drones Q and T. Other than this, they still need to work much more

>>5086503
I hope we get more than just our stuck [redacted]
we need to think up of more things for C-0RA to find for us
we also need to have solo interviews with people in our facility, such as F and A2 and K
we need to have Arthur/A recapped on how things have gone since he got brainwashed, and send him to Future to see how that goes

a thorough to-do list is necessary I think, but I want to make employee autism list first, if I can muster the motivation and willpower to do so

>>5086507
>we need to think up of more things for C-0RA to find for us
This is why I wanted her to be on the explore team; to get her out of our hair for a while, and to give her something to actually do.

>we need to have Arthur/A recapped on how things have gone since he got brainwashed, and send him to Future to see how that goes
I keep trying to assign him to G2 for a proper looking over, but he keeps getting assigned elsewhere.

>>5086321
>C
>J
>D and D-W01
>P and H
>F and Lovecraft
>Have V feed it the "Box Nasty" it wants
>R and M to bond with her. Play a bit longer than usual.

Employees so far and their work bonuses and maluses.

>Work
Bonding/Attachment, Nurture/Instinct, Appease/Insight, Subdue/Repression
Observe, Extraction (ALL ARE DEFAULT 0, 2 AND ABOVE IS GOOD, -2 AND BELOW IS SHIT), Energy Collection (Default 0) (EACH + IS 1 EXTRA ENERGY, EACH - IS 1 LESS ENERGY)
>Vital/Combat
Stamina/HP (Default 3), Willpower/SP (Default 3), Physical Protection (Default 0), Mental Protection (Default 0), Morale (Default 0), Force (Default 3), Presence (Default 0)
>Panic
Panic Risk, Anger Risk, Will To Live - ALL THREE ARE DEFAULT 0
>Special
Various special things, if any known
>All the Default 0 are assumed as such unless/until stated otherwise by the QM.
>All Interaction Results modifiers assumed to also affect Energy Collection unless/until stated otherwise by the QM.

Example Default
>Work
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
>Vital/Combat
3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0
>Panic
0, 0, 0
>Special
?

Administrator
>Work
1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
>Vital/Combat
2, 5, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0
>Panic
0, 0, 0
>Special
Instinctually unlocks spiteful/wrathful actions
Instinctually unlocks honorable/dutiful actions
Will occasionally get hints on how to extract special items from anomalies after enough work.

Mr. Churchland
>Work
1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1
>Vital/Combat
3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0
>Panic
0, 0, 0
>Special
?

ETF Alpha
>Work
1, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1
>Vital/Combat
3, 4, -1, 0, 0, 4, -1
>Panic
0, 0, 0
>Special
Better results with mechanical anomalies

ETF Beta
>Work
1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, 2
>Vital/Combat
3, 3, 1, 0, 0, 4, 0
>Panic
0, 0, 0
>Special
?

I hope you guys like this, I'm up to Employee K so far. Site keeps giving me "too many lines" errors, what a shame...

>>5087063
I'd suggest setting all the defaults to the same value (i.e 0), even it doesn't align with the actual value. This will make it much easier to see variations at a glance.

Otherwise, good work anon.

>>5087063
Maybe setting up a GoogleDoc table would be better?

>>5087388
>>5087164
Google doc might be better for that, but I don't wanna do one myself at this time. I'll just stop going any further with this autism for the time being

QM-kun, I am here to harass you for not posting on time, Mr. "Updates-won't-take-3-days"

>>5089165
I was gonna post it yesterday but I got caught up by something. Shame on me there.

Post should be up in the next two hours.

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>Future: F to Nurture
You decide to explore the third floor last as to not juggle people around between it and working on anomalies.

It's been at least three shifts since you last assigned him to something. Or it has felt that long, at least. The bland-faced man steps up to the containment cell, holding an MRE on one hand and a polishing rag in the other.

Employee F enters the containment cell.
The knight in shining armor stands tall, ready to be a beacon of hope.
Employee F snorts, clearly trying to hold back his laughter.
F: You fuckin' kidding me? This is what he turned into?
Underneath its helmet, the anomaly chatters its teeth in a rough approximation of a laugh.
ANOMALY: I know, I know. Not exactly what you expected.
ANOMALY: I apologize but I don't recall you. So many souls came in here over the da-
F: Felix. Look, that's cool and all but not here to talk. Foster work. No, wait, Nurture.
Employee F turns away from the anomaly and whispers to himself.
F: Can he even fucking eat regular food? The last form didn't.
Employee F turns back to look at the anomaly. Without any other instructions, he hands one of the bags to the knight.
The anomaly rips the bag open with ease, barely any resistance in tearing open the plastic.
ANOMALY: Ah. Food. Been a long while since I've had any.
ANOMALY: Are you sure that you don't have anything more...?
F: It's what most of us have to eat. Don't be picky.
F: Enjoy your meal, don't move.
Employee F wipes down the skeletal knight's armor. He visibly relaxes when he doesn't have to talk anymore.
The knight pulls the meal out. Water, mashed potatoes, jam, bread, and strips of tomato sauce-covered meat.
ANOMALY: Oh! The food of a soldier. Been a while since I've had something like this.
ANOMALY: Cheese and wine would've been better, but I have no right to turn down free food.
It removes its helmet in order to eat. With no further conversation, it enjoys it's meal. Remarkably so for someone who doesn't have a tongue.
Neither of them bothers to make a sound. Both know neither would have much to say to each other.
A long road to redemption. First by eating the material instead of the immaterial.
Employee F finishes cleaning up the armor, removing some of the rust and grime left on it.
ANOMALY: Thank you for the generous treatment, Felix.
Employee F merely shrugs.
F: Work. Nothing personal here.
The anomaly finishes its meal. Employee F takes the trash from its hands and exits the containment cell with them.

Uneventful but it actually eating food instead of wanting to consume sins is still a bit shocking. Employee F goes back to the Security Department after that.

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>V to Nurture RBA with his "box nasty." Delta to guard him.
Employee V rushes out of the storage room with a cardboard box filled with various chip bags, sandwiches, fruit, and beer with Delta following behind.

Employee V storms in, Delta barely keeping pace with him.
δ: Christ, kid. What's the rush? It's just some food you're delivering.
V: That's EXACTLY why. I'm excited!
V: alsoiwantinandoutfastplease
The anomaly is staring off into space. Not aware of anything.
"Hurry up! We don't got time for you to lollygag! Eat, eat, then go go! We need to push the front!"
Employee V steps up to the anomaly, trying to avoid disturbing him.
If I wasn't dreaming of a better country, I would've smelled your fear. Delicious.
The chef carefully puts the cardboard box down in front of the daydreaming anomaly.
The anomaly sniffs at the air, looking down to see where the smell is coming from.
ANOMALY: ...
V: ...
Employee V backs away from the awakened anomaly, raising his hands up in surrender.
V: H-here's your meal, sir. Enjoy it.
ANOMALY: ...Heh. Maybe I'll eat you instead.
δ: Man, cut it out. Besides, he's a bit too lean for your liking, ain't he?
The two brutes cackle at the joke. Two different worlds yet the exact same people.
ANOMALY: Aye, fair enough. Let's see what we got here.
The anomaly picks up the box and checks inside. He has an odd look on his face which quickly turns into a toothy grin.
ANOMALY: Holy shit. I haven't had this in years. Who made this?
V: Uh, sir, me...uh. Sir.
ANOMALY: Well I'll be damned. Really does feel like I'm back in the army.
The anomaly shovels the piles of sandwiches and chips in his mouth at record speech. Fighting makes a growing boy hungry, after all.
The two employees can only watch as the anomaly eats something that could feed six of them easily.
The anomaly washes the piles of salty chips and sandwiches he ate with the fruits and beer.
After ten minutes, the whole box has been emptied clean out. He throws the box at the two, with Delta catching it.
ANOMALY: Well, well! I'll be damned, some good fucking food in here. Freakshit meat would be better but ey.
ANOMALY: I don't like eating a friend of a friend. You ARE a friend of his, right?
All Employee V can do is nod vigorously.
ANOMALY: Good.
The anomaly starts some stretches. Even with his slowed regeneration, he's already pretty healthy now.
ANOMALY: Nothing like a good meal to help reactive the good ol' organs. I need some me time now, got it, freakshits?
ANOMALY: Git.
The two quickly get out before the anomaly gets any ideas.
The anomaly begins a fitness routine to burn off the calories. Push ups, situps, pull ups, etc etc.
ANOMALY: C'mon, gotta get in shape. Can't let your muscles weaken. You've let yourself slip, gotta get back in prime shape.

Delta pats V on the back for not pissing his pants in front of the anomaly, while the chef is trying to regain his composure.

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>D and D-W01 to Bond with Art of Flesh. Both equip SRV. Talk about art and how different mediums can influence it. Lead into asking him about his "meat is truth" philosophy.
The two employees in question are in the middle of a debate over what artstyles they like as they enter the cell, vests equipped.

D-W01FY: Honestly, as long as it has animals in it, I'm cool with it.
D: Why animals?
The anomaly is too busy cleaning its equipment to notice the two talking.
Once the two notice it, they snap out of their weird debate.
D: Yo. Shef.
D-W01FY: Shef? It's chef, idiot.
D: Shef, Chef, look. We're here to talk about art.
D-W01FY: Isn't...cooking itself an art? Taking all of the, uh.
D: Ingredients?
D-W01FY: Yeah. That. And mixing them together into making something better htan itself.
The anomaly looks up before he goes back to messing with his pots and pans.
D-W01FY: And, uh, different mediums affect how you do your art. I do art by doodling.
D: So do I. Though we have different styles and I frankly have a better one.
D-W01FY: Fuck you!
D: ...It's all the same. Just like a cut of meat, it's all the same in the end.
THAT gets the attention of the chef. It raises its head up and points its arm at Employee D.
ANOMALY: It's all the same meat at the end. No matter what a person used to be, humans will always boil down to chunks of raw meat.
ANOMALY: Artists? Chefs? Janitors? Detectives? Captains? All meat. All flesh automatons. No drive, no passion. Only consume.
D-W01FY: There is still something else TO people besides that, is there not? I have seen walking piles of human shaped meat. Yet they still had something beyond that.
D: What the fuck?
D-W01FY: Some third floor they were exploring. Shit's fucked.
ANOMALY: Meat. No matter how fake they are, no matter how much betrayal someone inflicts, no matter how much you try and fail.
ANOMALY: It is all just meat. As long as you cook that meat, there is no greater pleasure to obtain. Focus on the meat. Focus on cooking it.
ANOMALY: It is the only thing that is real. It is perfection in your craft. All else is fake, meaningless.
Perfection. Meat. You need to reach perfection, that's all that matters. Let it consume you. Consume it.
The chef suddenly stands up. Various joints on its body crack and pop.
ANOMALY: What does it mean to reach perfection? To be truly content with yourself? To fill that hunger consuming you?
ANOMALY: No, there is no perfection. Yet there is. There's never enough. I must cook. Reach that perfection.
ANOMALY: Father Above. Why did you let him take my perfection? He was meant to be consumed, NOT TO CONSUME ME!
ANOMALY: I was meant to be the one in charge. He didn't deserve it.
The two artists are silent, pretty sure saying anything would be a bad idea.
Eventually, the chef stops and goes limp, falling to the floor.
ANOMALY: Please. Send me more meat. I must reach my perfection.

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>Fortune: J for question of their choice. (Nurture)
Employee J steps into the room but with a notable delay, as if he's double checking to make sure of something. He heads in after he's done checking whatever worried him.

Employee J takes a look around, unusually cautious and worried. Looking for something.
He adjusts his tie. Is that fear or disgust on his face?
J: This thing. Alright, let's not be coy.
J: We both know why we're here. We both know what we need to do.
J: This song and dance you keep making us do. Asking questions and following whatever YOU have to say.
J: Something's shady about you. You're too simple. Too basic. Too nice. What's your catch.
There's no response. Employee J realizes that and covers his face.
J: God. I'm fucking rambling to a box that can't even move.
J: This is the thing we ask for advice. Alright. Gotcha. What to ask.
After venting to no one, he pulls out the slip of paper and coin required for this ritual.
Obedience must be done. Denying fate itself will bring only pain and torment to you.
J: That damn cluwne keeps telling me that the TV is lying. You probably already know about it.
J: Do we actually have to bother listening to it?
Employee J drops the coin and slip of paper in. He pushes the button.
He stands there and waits. For a few minutes. Then ten.
Once twelve minutes have passed, the machine finally begins to buzz and shake in place.
J: About time. Could've been valuable shitting on company time time.
The machine spits out the fortune. There's nothing noteworthy about it aside from it's utter lack of noteworthy features.
ANOMALY: "Can you trust your fellow man? Don't ask silly questions, Jack."
Employee J squints at the piece of paper.
J: You know. For the anomaly with the most decked out room, as in you have more than nothing?
He pats his hand on the table in front of the anomaly.
J: You really do like being vague and cryptic as hell.
The machine gives off an oddly smug DING!
Without anything else to do here, Employee J leaves.

>W to G2
You decide to check up on them in between watching Employee J waiting for the machine to spit out the fortune. Due to that confidentiality that G2 wants, you didn't get much of a picture on how her mental state was doing but you do notice how...

Her morale meter has already reached "happy"? She was in the red, that's at least three ranks away from a green one. Weird. Usually it takes more than a single chat to boost someone's morale that high. Her being defective?

The two quickly end their chat, with Employee W going off to chat with the teammates she'll be working with. On a completely unrelated note, Employee G2 trips and falls face first onto the floor after the small chat. A slip of fortune paper flutters out of his pocket and down the hallway.

"Damnit." Employee G2 mutters as he gets up.

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>Assign P and H to Bond with Sense.
You can already tell this is going to be interesting when the moment you checked up on them, they're in the middle of a heated argument. On closer examination, it's more just friendly ribbing and joking at each other's expense.

Employee P and H enter at the same time. You can now hear what they're arguing about.
P: -arly you don't understand how great Elvis is! He was the best singer back in the 1950s!
H: Bullshit. Marilyn Monroe was better.
P: She's all sex, you horndog.
Employee H sighs.
H: Look. Let's just work on the TV. Maybe I can watch one of my films on it.
P: Regular or after night?
H: Oh fuck you.
Employee P chuckles, having won the battle. He fiddles with the dials.
The madness of television is the madness of...
The static shifts and twists in on itself, drilling into something.
A clear image flickers onto the screen. A chrome android with a silly pompadour points finger guns at the screen.
P: Oh, I already like this dude. Looks like my kind of dude.
H: Oh. This dude. This is going to be interesting.
ANOMALY: "Lads and Ladettes! Drones, humans, and androids! Welcome to our latest broadcast of the Mega-Corp Review!"
ANOMALY: "Our latest guest today will be Hirose Yoshihiro, well known for his roles in Harvesting Season and Can a Drone Love? Both great films."
A man who looks exactly like Employee H walks into frame from the right side.
H: Wait, hold on, that's...
P: Holy shit dude, that's you! You actually were in films? I thought you were bullshitting.
ANOMALY: "Now, Hirose, what were your experiences with A-Company like?"
ANOMALY: "Well, I'd be lying if I said it was all bad. Benefits are good, fame is a big plus, all of that. But it's just..."
ANOMALY: "It gets tiring playing the same roles over and over again, the same people watching without question or critique. It's mindless!"
P: Hoo boy, I can see why your file says for-
H: Shut. up.
ANOMALY: "It's also sad that TV is becoming more popular than film these days. The silver screen means nothing anymore."
ANOMALY: "I think that's a good thing, though. A-Company has been branching off to using TVs too as well. Why can't you?"
ANOMALY: "TV is what people want these days, Hiro."
ANOMALY: "Look, we're off track. A-Company is good, probably better than the others, but I want to be creative for once. Not confined to a box."
ANOMALY: "C'mon, Hiro. You know what the people want."
H: Okay, I don't remember the exact score but I think it was...
H and ANOMALY: "6/10, then."
P: Holy shit. Wild timing there, you sure you aren't some part of the TV?
ANOMALY: "Well, that's all we have time for, folks. Come on next time when we'll be talking about Ze..."
The TV instantly loses signal.
P: Guess that's it. Felt like that was more important than what those two drones watched.
H: Or maybe it's chattering nonsense. Who knows.
P: Pft! Nice one.
The two leave the containment cell without further question.

>>5089781
Hirose, huh. That's a familiar name.

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>R, M, Bond with Sirocco. She can play a bit longer than usual.
You decided to leave this for last, considering how long it might take in compared to the other work orders. The tired HoS carries the small corgi (why did the name ian come to mind?) in her arms to the cell.

"A small break. That'll be nice." Employee M hisses out as she enters the cell.

The storm has slowed down to a near crawl. Uncharacteristically, considering it still seems to be awake.
ANOMALY: What am I? Why did mom tell me to...
Employee M's footsteps are barely audible through the storm.
The storm shifts and twists in the direction of the noise. It quickly speeds back up to it's normal speed.
ANOMALY: Oh! Mom- I mean Monifa!
Employee M can barely hold back her laughter at that.
M: That's a new one. A storm calling me mom.
M: Alright, alright. Seriously. I'm on 'break' right now, we can play for a while.
M: Ready?
ANOMALY: Of course I'm ready!
Employee R yelps as she drops the floor and runs laps around the storm, with the storm chasing after her.
Employee M steps back and leans against the wall.
M: Get all of that energy out of your system, Siro. Better than having you cooped up and bored! Trust me, my daughter's the same.
The storm pauses mid chase with the dog. Employee R barks, wondering why it stopped.
ANOMALY: Wait, you have a kid too?
M: Yep. Can't be any older than six. That's why I'm here. For her.
M: Why?
ANOMALY: Ooo! Can I see her, can I see her? I haven't seen a girl my age in...
ANOMALY: Ever, really!
Employee M chuckles, though it's a bit forced.
M: Same here. I don't get to see her that often with my job but, uh, pretty sure I would get into trouble if I did.
M: Sorry. But she does know about you, heard stories about you. She wants to see you too, you know?
ANOMALY: Awww...okay. Tell her I said hi!
M: Will do. Well, let's go back to playing, alright? I'll join in too.
ANOMALY: Alright, c'mon, c'mon!
After that small conversation, no more talking can be heard. A storm blows, two people run around, a young girl giggles.
This goes on for a while to a point where you're worrying if Employee M is going to get out in time.
Soon enough, however, she breaks off and heads over to the airlock.
M: Alright. I got to do something but you can keep playing with Roxy if you want. Just be careful with her.
ANOMALY: Wait, really?
M: Uh huh. One of my friends will get her when playtime is up. Okay?
ANOMALY: Okay!
Employee M exits the containment cell as Employee R keeps running around, chased after by the storm.
A girl and her dog. A moment of peace, no worries, no stress. Just bliss.

Employee M snaps her fingers at Employee I and gives her the order to get Roxy out by the end of the hour. Employee I stands outside, ready to do so.

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>3rd Floor Exploration: K, W, F, M, A. Prioritize locating the Storage Room and the arm cybernetic within, but also keep an eye out for any other goodies.
And now, time to FINALLY explore the third floor.

Administrator --> K, W, F, M, A
ADMINISTATOR: All five of you will be exploring the third floor. Employee N will come with to help clean up after the fact. Assist him when possible.
ADMINISTATOR: Locate the storage room and the arm within or any other valuables. Do not antagonize anyone there.
k8: ok
failureisFORBIDDEN: Alright, sir.
MONIFAMONEY: Finally. About time we got some more space in this place.
www.com: okay!
amazingsights: Who the hell changed my username to some weird Father Above shit? Sure, though. As long as these guys tell me what happened.
failureisFORBIDDEN: Oh, right, the halo thing. I'll try getting a transcript of what happened the last few shifts.
MONIFAMONEY: Yeah, don't want you stumbling around blind.

Seems like that's going to solve the whole "Employee A not knowing what the hell is going on" problem. You flip your camera over to see the five explorers entering the elevator with Employee N standing nearby, flipping through a regular porno mag, waiting for the exploration to be done with.

Due to you picking two people who used to work to that floor, the exploration is a lot quicker than you expected it to be. You mostly kept progress when a new camera got some gunk scrapped off of it, allowing you to see more and more of the floor. From your newfound vision, and comparing it with the map Bill sent you, you find the following:

>A storage room. Currently being investigated for the arm.
>Two anomaly containment cells, one filled with the Meatball, one empty. Both in relatively decent condition.
>A Department Head office, with a powered off but still intact console. Power seems to be turned off, however.
>A dorms room. Has enough space for around 10-12 employees.
>Four locked offices. The names "Kate Chen", "Felix Morozov", and "Andy Smith" are written on the first three placards. The fourth is scratched off.
>Enough space for four containment cells or other rooms to be built.
>A caved in entrance leading to another room. Needs more time to dig out.

As for the storage room? You can already see them digging through it and the meat covering it, with some reluctance from both Employee A and W.

"Okay, wait, so we have a magician who can teleport around? Cool!" You can already see A's giddiness return.

"Yeah. Boss sent her off for the day for some weird sponsor bullshit." Employee F shrugs. "Are you a bit too young to be here?You should be at least twenty."

"I-I mean, I was made two weeks ago and it's fine!" Employee W buzzes.

"Correct. Defectives usually die just as quickly." Kate blurts out. "So do humans, like the rest of you. It is nothing to worry about."

"That's fucked up, Kate. Don't say that shit." Monifa shakes her head.

>Floor report will be shown at the end of the hour.

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>Place some sort of guard on the Flesh Ball's cell
Employee F quickly grabs the arm cybernetic and rushes to the elevator to 1.) give the arm to his sis and 2.) to find another guard. Employee A stands next to the containment cell, on principle of "being the toughest besides the HoS."

He stares at the horde, who have been clogging the hallway right next to the containment cell. While they're still armed to the teeth, you feel like they're not going to do anything.

Employee A --> Administrator
amazingsights: Okay, so I don't think they're here to break him out. I think they actually want to come in with the meatball.
amazingsights: If I had to guess, it would be because of the hivemind nature. Comparing my study of it now to the stories of Felix and Monifa, at least.
amazingsights: Your call, though.

Beta comes in to replace Employee A, who goes back to helping the others dig out the caved in room. The horde is standing there, not moving a muscle. Beta is an old coot who's probably worked with far worse but even he's unnerved by a mass of meatmen starting right at him.

>S4M: Analyze the Flesh ball for two hours.
"S-4M. Can you analyze it or is it one of those 'not an anomaly nor a byproduct of one" things?" You lean back. To your shock, S-4M nods affirmatively.

"That is, in fact, an anomaly. I'll be analyzing it as we speak. Will try finding a name." S-4M's face disappears. Huh.

>D-93029Y: Refine 93 A-Energy
The fat, shirtless D-Class gets dragged to the room in question by Alpha. He dispenses the energy needed into small packets for the D-Class to carry.

"Alright. In." Gamma points at the door.
"Oh, no, no! I've heard stories of that thing! I ain't going i-"
"Sorry, man, but the boss' orders." It takes a bit but the D-Class eventually gets shoved into the room.

The airlock seals behind him.
PROTOCAL: UPDATED. FOSTER AND COLLECTION: OPERATIONAL.
Adjusting for current delays from the Head...
D-9302: What the fuck is this thing?
Researching current operations of T-Company...
Connecting to foreign Cities...
Dialing all known anonymous analyzers...
Receiving messages from all known D-Company facilities...
Analyzing current Administrator...Nothing is wrong.
D-9302: Holy shit.
D-9302: This thing is beautiful. Why were they so afraid of it?
Extracting foreign energy source...Denying Troublesome Circumstances.
Extracting foreign items...
Insulting the Ego...Facing the Id...
Process...Complete.
The machine clatters to life, singing a glorious tune.

The D-Class steps out of the room, carrying two items in his hands, with a toothy smile. "Doooone~!"

The Work Order with REFINEMENT is completed.
C-Extract count: +31
DTC count: +1
Extracted Items:
-A floating cube of...something. Your cameras are redacting it.
-A lockbox with "ζ" scratched onto it. Burnt, has a padlock on it.

>>5089829
We seem to have found our refiner guys.
And also [CENSORED]

The Work Order for A Hope for a Brighter Future is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +5/???
Employee Morale: Disinterested
Current Anomaly Mood: Content
Employee Trait Revealed
Employee F - To The Point (Subdue+, Nurture+, Energy Collection+)
Working Notes - F
-Eats like a human, talks like a human, yet a skeleton. Think I saw light in it's armor.
-Lot more reasonable than the previous one. I don't think he's gonna breach.
-Strong. Those bags take knives to open.

The Work Order for Red Blooded American is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +8/???
Employee(s) Morale: Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: Energized
Working Notes - δ
-He used to want to break out a lot but now he's content. Like he joined this place.

Working Notes - V
-Whatever Delta says, I still don't trust this thing. Too big, too strong.
-Think it's your best chance to prod more into him. To understand him.

The Work Order for Art of Flesh is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +4/???
Employee Morale:
D - Uneasy
D-W01 - Inspired
Current Anomaly Mood: Starving
Employee Trait(s) Revealed
D-W01FY: Thinker (Observe+, gives hints towards PARADIGM unlocks, Energy Collection-)
Working Notes - D-W01FY
-Meat has to be a metaphor. Think he's just looking for something we all want. Recognition.
-Maybe feed those meals to someone instead of letting them sit around.

Working Notes - D
-This is the most I've ever heard this thing talk.
-Did he lose something from him? To be consumed but to consume instead? Weird.

The Work Order for Fortune for a Price is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +2/???
Employee Morale: Uncomfortable
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Working Notes - J
-Think the fortune means anything or is it just nonsense?

The Work Order for Chattering Lack of Common Sense is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +4/???
Employee Morale:
H - Nostalgic
P - Neutral
Current Anomaly Mood: ???
Working Notes - H
-It's been a while but I know that interview didn't have that haircut.
-I definitely don't remember going on that TV rant either.

Working Notes - P
-That android looked just like me. But I'm meant for music, not this.
-I had no idea what that TV rant was about.

The Work Order for Sirocco is completed.
Abstraction Energy Count: +5/???
Employee Morale: Content
Current Anomaly Mood: Happy
Working Notes - M
-That was nice.
-Trying to think if getting a robot that looked like a girl might work.

Working Notes - R (written by I)
-Had lots of fun! So much sand, had to be cleaned!
-Storm was still sad when I had to leave but she was happier!

Floor Report
-The meat on the floor and walls is turning to dust. (A)
-We found an android's arm in storage. (F)
-When W came in, the first thing she found was another pistol and two magazines for it. I swear there was nothing there before.(M)
-The caved in room probably has what we need to power on the computer. We'll get it dug out at the end of the shift. (W)

Hour 6, Shift 6
QUOTA: 31/26 C-Extract Refined (6 hours left)
A-Energy: 64 units, 0/hour
ICP-Energy: 6 units
C-Extract: 0
DTC - 1 unit

SPONSORSHIPS:
>A-Company: Film two fights with different employees. Completed!
>D-Company: Star of the Century is currently out of the facility. Make do without.
>X-Company: Make sure every employee works this shift.
>Mr. Churchland: Don't let Mr. Miller die. Completed!

INTERACTIONS [1 Hour Each]:

LIVING
>Anomalies: A Hope for a Brighter Future, Red Blooded American, Sirocco, ???/Flesh Ball
>Assign Employee (What work type? Any specific instructions? To which anomaly? etc)

INANIMATE
>Anomalies: Fortune for a Price, The Art of Flesh, Chattering Lack of Common Sense
>Assign Employee (Same as Living)

MISC
>Facility: REFINEMENT ROOM, Explore the Third Floor (with who?) Unleash the Beast (6 A-Energy to activate)
>S-4M: Anomaly Analyzation (Analyzing ???, one hour left), Control Spike (what do?).
>C-ORA: Search Protocol (What do you want to find?)
>Assign Employee (To do what? Any specific instructions?)

EQUIPMENT
Weapons:
>Riot Clubs and Combat Knives (Assigned to ETF, grants +1 FORCE dice and a reroll per encounter)
>ROD OF OBEDIENCE (+1 FORCE dice, Subdue++. Assigned to Monifa)
>Surplus Knife and Surplus Club (May add +1 to two FORCE dice. Club and Knife assigned to J)
>BLESSED BLADE (+2 FORCE dice, deals Stamina damage to non-religious employees who attempt to wield it. Unassigned.)
>Stun Baton (+1 FORCE dice, weakens an opponent on a success. Assigned to F and I.)

Armor:
>ARMOR OF THE FATHER (Physical Protection++, may block some attacks, FORCE-, unassigned.)
>Stab Resistant Vest (Physical Protection+, assigned back to F, I, and J.)
>Weather Resistant Protective Gear (resists sand, rain, and mild heat. Assigned to whoever works on Sirocco)
>Gas Masks (Protects against gas based attacks. Current count: 4. Unassigned)

PARADIGMs
>AWAKE FROM YOUR NIGHTMARE (Assigned to Employee I)
POWERFUL (Regenerates equipper morale rapidly but lowers morale of nearby employees)
INTIMIDATING (Presence++, Force+, Anger Risk+)
? (!)
>OLD WORLD BLUES (Unassigned)
COMFORTING (Stamina+, regenerates Stamina, Willpower and Work Ethic-)
SILENT (Presence--, hard to detect on your cameras?)
??? (???)
>God Wills It Thus (Unassigned.)
PAGAN (Allows religious employees to perform a variety of rituals. Heavily drains Willpower while casting a ritual.)
??? (???)

CONSOLE COMMANDS
>View cameras in which rooms? (Write in)
>Broadcast an announcement over the intercom system (Write in)
>Manage Employee roster and Departments. (Write In)
>Edit anomaly dossiers and logs (Write in)
>Message an Employee PDA. (Write in)
>Call an Employee in (Who?)
>Leave the office.
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)

Third Floor storage has been posted in the pastebin. I'll start putting what equipment you have in a separate pastebin to make it easier to keep track of.

>>5089851
>Manage Employee roster and Departments.
>Check who still didn't work today. By my count this should be everyone, unless D-classes count.

>Yellow alert.
>Security Department, ETFs and Rangers on standby. Be ready to repel an Invasion at all times
>Assign Blessed Blade and Armor of the Father to I.

>E and S: evaluate viability of transplanting the android arm to C with current resources. If non-viable, prepare a package of proposals to make it viable.

>Kor: Appease Sirocco. Paint her cell with clown vomit
Though sand abrades paint really well. On the other hand, if she doesn't like it she won't have to suffer it for long.
>X: Appease Art. Bring him meat from the 3rd floor before it all turns to dust
>A: Observe Flesh Ball

I'm ambivalent on the rest, though we should work all the anomalies (except maybe RBA) to extract more A-Energy before it's too risky to continue the day.

>>5089879
Oh, yeah, forgot to add.

>X-Company: Make sure every employee works this shift. Completed!

>>5089851
>X-Company incomplete

Fuck. I wanted to
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)
but before that I’m willing to
>Overseer, Delta, I, talk with RBA, Bond with him, try to understand him
If only because Delta recommended, but now I want this

Inanimate
>Spike, S-4M, and CORA to Observe Fortune, see who needs to complete X-Company’s sponsorship and ask it a question of your choice.
>Alpha, B, Bond with Art, repair it’s arm, and hand it some seeds. Don’t fight or argue with one another.
>Send remaining employees left out of the sponsorship Observe Sense. If no one else needs to, default to D-C4 and D-W0.
Living
>Overseer, Delta, I, talk with RBA, Bond with hum, try to understand him
>D-U5, Observe Fortune, test his strength if he consents.
>C, Nurture Siro, feed her a decent meal.
>M, P, Gamma, Bond with Sargent Meatball and the horde, have them all sign an non-aggression agreement and some paperwork reconfirming their employee contract and recognition of the Overseer as their overall boss, with Sarge and them being placed under the Security Department and them being directly under Sarge. Those that do sign get to go in and meet(heh) with Sarge. W will handle the needed paperwork.
Misc
>Re-examine old pendant again.
>Have W assist or be close to C when she’s getting her arm reconnected, so some luck rubs off on C and her new arm.
>Have everyone enjoy Art’s (don’t feed them the human stuff except maybe L, Gamma, and Kor if anons want to)
>Have B start repairing the Third Floor robots.
>Ask K to get us coffee. Then ask if she put any milk in it.
>Begin employee raffle to assist N in cleanup of the Third Floor.
>Ask S-4M what the hell is a DTC?

I don’t mind sending I to work on other employees with her Proud to Serve buff, I just figured that it’ll work best with RBA.

Captcha be like HDSDT, so I can only assume that it approves of the TV work order.

>>5089881
Oh. Well, if anons are interested, I’d prefer to finish this shift now with just
>Overseer, Delta, I, talk with RBA, Bond with him, try to understand him
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)

If anons want to continue working, default to >>5089883.

>>5089879
I don’t think the meat is going to do much, and sending in Kor to paint Siro’s cell in clown vomit instead of her favorite colors is just stupid on multiple levels, I’d much rather we wait until we can buy her favorite colors from the catalogs before we paint her room with female painters.

>>5089879
Why use Kor for painting? He's a tailor. Send D instead, he's the actual artist/art critic.
Actually, now might be a good opportunity to see how much control Sirocco has over her form. Maybe we should paint with her, instead of for her.

Regarding the Art order, I'd also recommend having one of the Disposables (did we star the important ones with good MP?) as backup, just in case Art flips out over the meat being no good. Send them to sleep first if possible.

>>5089902
I’m gonna object to any non-females or painting in Siri’s room, and I think the meat will only enrage Art instead of help. I’m honestly of the opinion that we should quit while we’re ahead, get that S-Rank instead of trying stuff we know won’t work out and will definitely cause an employee incapacitation (which includes D-Class) that will ruin our S-Rank. For the love of the Father, please listen to me and don’t fuck this up for us. Please.

>first/third floor storage in pastebin
HOT FUCK DAMN THAT'S A LOTTA GOODIES
Gonna analyze the post in a second. Sorry if it gets too long.

>>5089905
You know, you're right. Let's just finish the day.

>>5089942
Thank you. You don’t know how relieved I am to hear that.

Captcha be M888D.

>Future: F to Nurture
Not a lot really happened here, but he likes cheese and wine. Okay. I do want to give him something to do, though, so I'd like to hear his opinion on the meatmen. Maybe that can be his first step to redemption.
>ANOMALOUS INSIGHT - CHANGE CHANNEL/TUNE IN/NEW SPECIAL (3 PARADIGMS)
From the Pastebin. I hope D-Corp gets us Paradigm info on Star, too. I'm not sure what the "positive/neutral/destructive" Paradigms here would be, kinda opaque really, but at a guess I think it would be Tune In/Change Channel/New Special. That's assuming the good/bad thing holds up for all Paradigms, of course.
>C'mon, gotta get in shape. Can't let your muscles weaken. You've let yourself slip, gotta get back in prime shape.
Think we're making progress towards the Enlist Paradigm. Nice. Maybe he'd enjoy some time in the Training Room?
>Delta pats V on the back for not pissing his pants in front of the anomaly.
The "plan" (read: far-off shitposting dream) to make an anomaly-trained Employee is starting to come to life! Fuahaha!
>It's all the same meat at the end. No matter what a person used to be, humans will always boil down to chunks of raw meat.
Hmm, I'd have to agree with W01 here. We may be meat, but there is more to men than meat, or else we'd all be valued the same.
>No drive, no passion. Only consume.It is the only thing that is real. It is perfection in your craft. All else is fake, meaningless.
>Perfection. Meat. You need to reach perfection, that's all that matters. Let it consume you. Consume it.
Feels like he's ignoring the impact that the journey has on the final product here. I do understand what he means by people lacking drive and passion, but as a chef - someone whose art is *for* the audience, usually - maybe he should look into… I don't know, cooking so that it instills that kind of drive in others? Maybe O2 would like him with that Hyperfocus trait.
>No, there is no perfection. Yet there is. There's never enough. I must cook. Reach that perfection.
Of course. Perfection is an ideal, and ideals cannot exist. It is the pursuit which is important; how one goes about it, what effect treading that path has on the world, and how it influences you. Cooking is an interesting art in that it's almost entirely done for a purpose; food is meant to be consumed, of course.

>A slip of fortune paper flutters out of his pocket and down the hallway.
Oof, that was an oversight. At least nothing terrible happened to him. I forgot what his fortune was, can someone check the previous threads for it?
>Obedience must be done. Denying fate itself will bring only pain and torment to you.
Yeah, figured.
>P: Guess that's it. Felt like that was more important than what those two drones watched.
The near-mention of Zeta was definitely… something. W-we aren't going to accidentally uncover something on the scale of a Company's Singularity or whatever and then get nuked for it, are we? Sense has the potential to be a major infoleak...
>"Andy Smith"
Any relation to Bill? Worth asking.
>I think they actually want to come in with the meatball.
Uh. Not sure about this. Maybe we'll let in ine of the reasonable ones, see what happens, but I'm not going to touch the Meatball until S4M finishes analyzing it.
>-A floating cube of...something. Your cameras are redacting it.
According to Pastebin, it's doubtful whether our Employees can even see it. I want to send O with her Info Filter to poke at it, then A with Observe+++ once we're sure it won't make him rip out his eyeballs.
>-A lockbox with "ζ" scratched onto it. Burnt, has a padlock on it.
This is... ours. Do we have a key on us? Eh, even if we don't, breaking it open shouldn't be too difficult. Someone here *has* to have lockpicking experience, or maybe even B can apply his broad talents.
>D-W01FY: Thinker (Observe+, gives hints towards PARADIGM unlocks, Energy Collection-)
Mm. This is definitely useful. Glad he survived testing.

MISC
>Ask Cora to look for a key to the Zeta box.
>Yellow alert.
>Security Department, ETFs and Rangers on standby. Be ready to repel an Invasion at all times
>Assign Blessed Blade and Armor of the Father to I.
>End Shift after finishing everything.

LIVING
>Assign B to Appease RBA, ask if he has any requests for his room and invite him to check out the Training Room so long as he doesn't destroy any equipment.
>Assign A and M to Observe the Meatball. Ask the meat people if they remember anything about the previous administration, when they got locked up here, and how we appear to them.
>Admin, talk to Future about the meatpeople and if there's a way to bring them back to normal. Can Future sense them as humans, still? Do they have a light inside them? Update with information from A and M as necessary.
>Assign A2 to Nurture Sirocco with a cup of coffee. Make sure the cup is something cheap like insulated cardboard, not ceramic. "Try not to pick a fight with the kid."

INANIMATE
>Assign D-W01 and L to Nurture Art of Flesh. They are to feed D-10V311 one of Art's meals from Storage, put her to sleep via Nice and Quiet, and then hand her over to Art. Also bring Art one of the Gore Buckets from RBA and a piece of non-disintegrated meat from the 3rd Floor, ask if he would be averse to using them.
>Assign H and Y to Bond with Sense.
>Assign someone who hasn't yet done a Fortune order to it. Ask any question.

Last push. Want to explore the actor/director connection with Sense. Also want to see Sirocco trying new things. Shoukd be fun. A2 has Nurture++, which is quite surprising. Don't want Arty to flip his shit, he's been asking for meat lately.

>>5089905
>will ruin our S-Rank
Whoops, you're right. Give me a second.
>>5089980
ADDENDUM
>Cut the Art of Flesh order. Only do it after the shift is over, off working hours.

Lads, I come in a time of even greater need! Our Administrator is currently fighting in the Grand Husbando Tournament Hunger Games style, and he need all the support from his sponsors that he can muster. Are you with us lads? VOTE NOW!!!

>>5090038
>>5090038
>>5090038

>>5089778
>ANOMALY: It's all the same meat at the end. No matter what a person used to be, humans will always boil down to chunks of raw meat.
Wow, that is a lot more than I expected to get out of him.
>He was meant to be consumed, NOT TO CONSUME ME!
Speculation: this is referring to Adam, who appears to be the one that pushed Flesh into snapping.
I'm actually seeming some traces of the same thought processes Reminder was going through: striving for redemption (albeit vastly different types).

>J: This song and dance you keep making us do. Asking questions and following whatever YOU have to say.
Much as I like Fortune, this is something that's bothered me for a while now. Going out of our way for "good luck" feels a little too much like dancing to his tune.

>On a completely unrelated note, Employee G2 trips and falls face first onto the floor after the small chat. A slip of fortune paper flutters out of his pocket and down the hallway.
Either W is a luck stealer, for Fortune is tinkering again.

>P: Guess that's it. Felt like that was more important than what those two drones watched.
I think he's right. There were two conversations going on there: the original interview, and whatever Sense was trying to say through it.
This also seems to mean he can modify anything previously broadcast.

>amazingsights: Who the hell changed my username to some weird Father Above shit?
No memory past being Blessed? Now that I didn't expect.

>-He used to want to break out a lot but now he's content. Like he joined this place.
He had to be properly blooded with his "new group", it seems. I wonder if we could build an Anomaly gym or something for the guy.

>Current Anomaly Mood: Starving
We need to end the day this shift, or feed him again. And cooking takes a few hours, which means extending the day even further.

>-Maybe feed those meals to someone instead of letting them sit around.
Still only Ds for now, but I'm ok with that. Too many risks with normal employees.

>-I had no idea what that TV rant was about.
I'd guess that was Sense speaking fairly directly. Does he want someone to critically watch his content?

>-Trying to think if getting a robot that looked like a girl might work.
A custom 'droid with GIRL or similar might work.

>>5089851
CONSOLE COMMANDS
>End the workday (Enters Downtime/Upgrade phase)
Let's not push today any further.


>>5089972
>Hmm, I'd have to agree with W01 here. We may be meat, but there is more to men than meat, or else we'd all be valued the same.
I think Flesh's line here is more akin to "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" or "everyone dies". No matter who you are or what you've done, in the end we're all built from the same parts, and all share the same ultimate fate.

>>5089983
Actually, I think we can sate Art's hunger by eating the remaining food of his. It's supposed to be consumed and appreciated after all, right?

>>5090119
>Much as I like Fortune, this is something that's bothered me for a while now. Going out of our way for "good luck" feels a little too much like dancing to his tune.

Honestly? As long as he doesn't ask us to intentionally maim or kill our employees, I don't really mind obeying his will. He's not causing any harm by us listening to him, and I think that this is really how we nurture him, indulging him in his fates of fancy. So long as he doesn't become a problem, I'm good with him.

Also, I don't mind giving RBA gym privileges, so long a he has buddy spotting for him.

>>5090133
But cooking for Art isn't really about fate, but the journey the food takes though preparation by a proper chef. I think that's a more interesting avenue to follow than 'everyone gets consumed in the end'.

>>5089851
>Third Floor storage has been posted in the pastebin.
Holy hell, that is a lot more than I expected.
Do we have one or two pistols? There was one in K's office, and one of the same model in the storeroom, right? or is that one total? How many rounds in a mag?

Stuff I dunno if we need to experiment to discover:
How many rounds per charge in the disablers, and how long to charge?


>>5090149
>So long as he doesn't become a problem, I'm good with him.
That's the problem, though. Fortune is still an Anomaly; if he does end up turning on us, we may be too deep to keep things from snowballing on us.
I just don't think we should blindly do what he says, is all.

>>5090133
Do we really? There are those who live forever in the minds of men, great giants whose imprint upon human history is undeniable. Da Vinci, Genghis Khan, Caesar, Benjamin Franklin, Hammurabi, etc, etc. The body is mortal, certainly, but there is more to man than flesh.
>inb4 we accidentally make Arty capable of eating souls

>>5090161
Two. One is owned by Ranger Zero, the other is free. Also eight bullets in a magazine. (I was half tempted to say clip but I didn't want a gun autist to call me out)

For disablers, yeah, you have no idea on those. They probably have more than four shots worth in them, at least.

>>5090161
I don't really think we are blindly following doing as he says. Most of it is quite unobtrusive, and he's been very helpful in return. I think Fortune knows that fighting us won't benefit him, it'll force us to Subdue him, which he'll hate. We've got a mutually beneficial relationship going on here, why try and upset a good thing?

>>5090167
>inb4 we accidentally make Arty capable of eating souls

Lol. But considering Adam, is that really that far of a stretch?

>>5089778
Y'know I think the thing for Art is the concept of Consumption through the pursuit of perfection in cooking.
Arty definitely is the fusion of two people. The Chef and the Blind Protege (Adam) blind to the ideals, being of a more materialistic mindset.
The differences grew until the Climax of Consumption leading to the Fusion/Death of them with the chef attempting to consume Adam.

Or at least that's what I think happened

So, seems like the general agreement is to just end the day (pLt, pMa, BjL) without doing much else.

Do you want to do the following
>Overseer, Delta, I, talk with RBA, Bond with him, try to understand him
or save it for tomorrow?

>Do it now. No better time than now.
>You're already pushing your luck. End the shift, get potentially super good reward

>>5090440
>You're already pushing your luck. End the shift, get potentially super good reward
RBA wanted "me time"

>>5090440
>Do it now. No better time than now.

>>5090440
Yea, ok. Changing my vote >>5090496 to
>You're already pushing your luck. End the shift, get potentially super good reward
For expediency sake.

>>5090440
>You're already pushing your luck. End the shift, get potentially super good reward

we got a lot of Paradigm hints this hour, anybody have ideas or things to say about them?